People v. Poole
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Arlene D. Goldberg, J.), entered May 24, 2011, which adjudicated defendant a level three sexually violent offender pursuant to the Sex Offender *655Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
A level three adjudication is appropriate. Both the court’s upward departure to level three, which formed an alternative basis for the adjudication, and its refusal to grant a downward departure were provident exercises of discretion. £<[T]he level suggested by the [risk assessment instrument] is merely presumptive and a SORA court…
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