Legal Opinion

People v. Vives

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 16, 2008PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*313The record supports the court’s discretionary upward departure to a level three sex offender adjudication. There was ample evidence to support aggravating factors not adequately accounted for in the risk assessment instrument (see e.g. People v O’Flaherty, 23 AD3d 237 [2005], lv denied 6 NY3d 705 [2006]), and there was no improper double counting. These aggravating factors demonstrated that defendant is a dangerous pedophile with a grave risk of reoffending, notwithstanding his conclusory claims of having been rehabilitated during his incarceration. Concur—Andrias, J.P., Nardelli, Sweeny,…

2Cited by4 opinions

  1. People v. LyonsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  2. People v. BernsteinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  3. People v. CoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
  4. People v. SmithAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018

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