| People v Nethercott |
| 2014 NY Slip Op 05525 [119 AD3d 918] |
| July 30, 2014 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
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| 1 The People of the State of New York,Respondent, v John Nethercott, Appellant. |
John F. Ryan, White Plains, N.Y. (Jacqueline F. Oliva of counsel), for appellant.
Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (John J. Carmody and Steven A.Bender of counsel), for respondent.
Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County(Molea, J.), dated June 7, 2013, which, after a hearing, designated him a level two sexoffender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The defendant challenges his designation as a level two sex offender pursuant to theSex Offender Registration Act (see Correction Law art 6-C) following hisconviction of possessing an obscene sexual performance by a child.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, the Supreme Court properly assessed 30points under risk factor 3 (number of victims) and 20 points under risk factor 7(relationship with victim) (see People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841 [2014]; People v Johnson, 11 NY3d 416 [2008]; People v Brown, 116 AD3d1017 [2014]; People vPoole, 90 AD3d 1550 [2011]). Further, the Supreme Court properly concludedthat the defendant failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that he wasentitled to a downward departure from his presumptive risk level (see People v Jackson, 114AD3d 739 [2014]; People vWorrell, 113 AD3d 742, 743 [2014]; People v Romero, 113 AD3d 605 [2014]; People v Wyatt, 89 AD3d112, 128 [2011]). Dickerson, J.P., Leventhal, Cohen and Hinds-Radix, JJ., concur.[Prior Case History: 42 Misc 3d 798.]