Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Steven Arias, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-07-09
Citations: 119 A.D.3d 665
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Steven Arias, Appellant.
Judges: Skelos, J.E, Chambers, Duffy and LaSalle, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 665–666

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Steven Arias, Appellant.
[988 NYS2d 894]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Kahn, J.), dated July 24, 2013, as, after a hearing, designated him a level three sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
A departure from the presumptive risk level is warranted where "there exists an aggravating or 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 Wyatt, 89 AD3d 112, 119 [2011]; People v Bussie, 83 AD3d 920, 920-921 [2011]). Here, the Supreme Court properly determined that the defendant was not entitled to a downward departure and, thus, properly designated him a level three sex offender (see People v Wood, 112 AD3d 602 [2013]; People v Wyatt, 89 AD3d at 131; People v Bussie, 83 AD3d at 921).
Skelos, J.E, Chambers, Duffy and LaSalle, JJ., concur.