Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Vincent Brunson, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-10-04
Citations: 143 A.D.3d 431
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Vincent Brunson, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 431–432

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Vincent Brunson, Appellant.
[38 NYS3d 415]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Seth L. Marvin, J.), entered on January 8, 2014,. which adjudicated defendant a level three predicate sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court properly exercised its discretion when it declined to grant a downward departure from the presumptive override to level three for a prior felony sex crime conviction (see People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841 [2014]). The egregiousness of the underlying sex crime against a child, as well as that of the predicate crime, likewise against a child, outweighed the mitigating factors cited by defendant. Concur — Friedman, J.P., Saxe, Moskowitz, Gische and Kahn, JJ.