People v. Sadler

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Kahn, J.), dated September 17, 2013, which, after a hearing, designated him a level three sexually violent offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Under the Sex Offender Registration Act (see Correction Law art 6-C [hereinafter SORA]), a court must follow three analytical steps to determine whether to downwardly depart from the presumptive risk level. First, the court must decide whether the mitigating circumstances alleged by the defendant are,…