People v. Taylor

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Aloise, J.), dated April 25, 2013, which, after a hearing, designated him a level three sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.

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

The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the defendant’s application for a downward departure from his presumptive designation as a level three sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C [hereinafter SORA]). The defendant failed to demonstrate the existence…