Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Leonel Solis, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-10-20
Citations: 143 A.D.3d 585
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Leonel Solis, Appellant.
Judges: Concur — Sweeny, J.P., Renwick, Manzanet-Daniels, Gische and Webber, JJ.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 585–586

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Leonel Solis, Appellant.
[38 NYS3d 901]

Opinion:
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Renee A. White, J.), entered December 10, 2013, which adjudicated defendant a level three sexually violent offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The record supports the court's discretionary upward departure to level three. There was clear and convincing evidence to establish aggravating factors that were not otherwise adequately accounted for by the risk assessment instrument (see People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841, 861-862 [2014]). Even without regard to a third incident for which defendant was not prosecuted, defendant's New York and Bronx County convictions presented a pattern of egregious, predatory crimes against young girls and demonstrated a serious risk of reof-fense that outweighed the mitigating factors cited by defendant.
Accordingly, defendant was properly adjudicated a level three offender based on the upward departure, regardless of whether his correct point score is 95, as the court found, or 75, as defendant asserts. In any event, the court correctly assessed points under the risk factor for relationship (strangers) between defendant and the victim.
Concur — Sweeny, J.P., Renwick, Manzanet-Daniels, Gische and Webber, JJ.