People v. Taylor

—Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Del Giudice, J.), dated September 22, 2009, 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.

Although departures from the presumptive risk level determined by the risk assessment instrument are the exception rather than the rule (see People v Dexter, 21 AD3d 403, 404 [2005] ; People v Bowens, 55 AD3d 809 [2008]; Sex Offender Registration Act: Risk Assessment Guidelines and Commentary, at 4 [2006]),…