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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v James Pasquarelli, Appellant.
    [868 NYS2d 914]
   The Supreme Court’s designation of the defendant as a level three sex offender was supported by clear and convincing evidence (see Correction Law art 6-C; People v Dong V. Dao, 9 AD3d 401, 401-402 [2004]; People v Smith, 5 AD3d 752 [2004]; People v Moore, 1 AD3d 421 [2003]). The Supreme Court providently exercised its discretion in denying the request for a downward departure from the defendant’s presumptive risk level since the defendant did not assert a “mitigating factor of a kind, or to a degree, that is otherwise not adequately taken into account by the guidelines” (Sex Offender Registration Act: Risk Assessment Guidelines and Commentary at 4 [2006]; see People v Foy, 49 AD3d 835 [2008]; People v Walker, 47 AD3d 692, 694 [2008]; People v Williams, 19 AD3d 388 [2005]; People v Guaman, 8 AD3d 545 [2004]). Fisher, J.E, Florio, Garni and Chambers, JJ., concur.