Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Willie J. Thomas, Jr., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2003-07-03
Citations: 307 A.D.2d 759
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Willie J. Thomas, Jr., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 307
Pages: 759–760

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Willie J. Thomas, Jr., Appellant.
[762 NYS2d 548]

Opinion:
Appeal from an order of Genesee County Court (Noonan, J.), entered February 4, 2002, which determined that defendant is a level three risk under the Sex Offender Registration Act.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Defendant was convicted upon his plea of guilty of attempted sexual abuse in the first degree (Penal Law § 110.00, 130.65), stemming from his attack on a coworker in December 1998, and was sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment of 2 to 4 years. The Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders (Board) recommended that, upon his release from prison, defendant be determined to be a level three risk pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law § 168 et seq.), and County Court adopted the Board's recommendation. Contrary to defendant's contention, the court's determination is supported by clear and convincing evidence (see generally People v Mallory, 293 AD2d 881 [2002]; Matter of Vandover v Czajka, 276 AD2d 945, 947 [2000]). Although defendant's point total on the Board's Risk Assessment Instrument was 75, presumptively placing defendant in the classification of a level two risk (see People v David W., 95 NY2d 130, 135 [2000]), the court properly determined that the Board's risk assessment score did not fully take into account the number and nature of defendant's prior misdemeanor sex offenses and a prior violent felony conviction (see Correction Law § 168-n [3]; see also People v Bottisti, 285 AD2d 841 [2001]; People v Harris, 178 Misc 2d 858, 860-861 [1998]). Present— Wisner, J.P., Hurlbutt, Burns, Lawton and Hayes, JJ.