Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jose Colon, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2017-04-13
Citations: 149 A.D.3d 498
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Colon, Appellant.
Judges: Concur — Friedman, J.P., Richter, Mazzarelli, Feinman and Gische, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 149
Pages: 498–498

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jose Colon, Appellant.
[50 NYS3d 394]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Alberto Lorenzo, J.), entered November 19, 2014, adjudicating defendant a level three predicate sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court providently exercised its discretion when it declined to grant a downward departure (see People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841 [2014]). The mitigating factors cited by defendant were adequately taken into account by the risk assessment instrument, and were in any event outweighed by the extreme seriousness of the underlying sex crimes, as well as defendant's extensive record of sexual recidivism.
Concur — Friedman, J.P., Richter, Mazzarelli, Feinman and Gische, JJ.