Opinion
2014-06-10
The PEOPLE of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Manolo CALDERON, Defendant–Appellant.
Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Rahul Sharma of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Brian R. Pouliot of counsel), for respondent.
Richard M. Greenberg, Office of the Appellate Defender, New York (Rahul Sharma of counsel), for appellant. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney, New York (Brian R. Pouliot of counsel), for respondent.
GONZALEZ, P.J., SWEENY, MOSKOWITZ, FREEDMAN, KAPNICK, JJ.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Renee A. White, J.), entered December 11, 2012, which adjudicated defendant a level two sexually violent offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6–C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court properly exercised its discretion in declining to grant a downward departure ( see People v. Cintron, 12 N.Y.3d 60, 70, 875 N.Y.S.2d 828, 903 N.E.2d 1149,cert. denied sub. nom. Knox v. New York, 558 U.S. 1011, 130 S.Ct. 552, 175 L.Ed.2d 382 [2009];People v. Johnson, 11 N.Y.3d 416, 421, 872 N.Y.S.2d 379, 900 N.E.2d 930 [2008] ). Defendant did not demonstrate any mitigating factors, not already taken into account in the risk assessment instrument, that would warrant a downward departure, given the egregiousness of defendant's sexual offenses. We have considered and rejected defendant's remaining arguments.