Legal Opinion
People v. Arroyo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 17, 2013PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Cohen, J.), entered August 13, 2010, 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.
A court has the discretion to downwardly depart from the presumptive risk level in a proceeding pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C; hereinafter SORA) only after a defendant makes a twofold showing. First, a defendant must identify, as a matter of law, an appropriate…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People v. WyattAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- People v. ShephardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
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