Legal Opinion

People v. Leshchenko

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

Decided April 8, 2015No. 2013-11105PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Mangano, Jr., J.), dated December 3, 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.

In determining a defendant’s risk level pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law article 6-C [hereinafter SORA]), “[a] downward departure from a sex offender’s presumptive risk level generally is only warranted where there exists a mitigating factor of a kind, or to a degree, that is not…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. People v. GillottiNew York Court of Appeals · 2014
  2. People v. WyattAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  3. People v. WatsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  4. People v. RomeroAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  5. People v. PaviaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. MorrisonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  2. People v. AlvarezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017
  3. People v. GarciaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  4. People v. RubiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. People v. SantiagoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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