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People v. Figueroa

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

Decided April 6, 2016No. 2015-08647PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Kahn, J.), dated July 22, 2015, which, after a hearing, designated him a level two 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 (see Correction Law art 6-C; hereinafter SORA), a downward departure from a sex offender’s presumptive risk level generally is warranted only where there exists a mitigating factor of a kind, or to a degree, that is not otherwise…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. People v. GillottiNew York Court of Appeals · 2014
  2. People v. WatsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. People v. WashingtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  4. People v. PendletonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
  5. People v. FernandezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. People v. VelasquezAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  2. People v. DestioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
  3. People v. BarrottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2021
  4. People v. RobinsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020
  5. People v. HerbertAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2020

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