People v. Perez

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Rienzi, J.), dated May 16, 2006, 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.

After determining that the defendant was presumptively a level three sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C; hereinafter SORA), the Supreme Court denied the defendant’s request to downwardly depart from that risk level to level two. “A departure from the presumptive risk level…