Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Jackie Jordan, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2016-08-17
Citations: 142 A.D.3d 596
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jackie Jordan, Appellant.
Judges: Balkin, J.P., Roman, Cohen and Connolly, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 142
Pages: 596–596

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Jackie Jordan, Appellant.
[36 NYS3d 608]

Opinion:
— Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Rienzi, J.), dated September 23, 2014, which, after a hearing, designated him a level two sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
A court determining a defendant's risk level under the Sex Offender Registration Act (see Correction Law art 6-C [hereinafter SORA]) is not permitted to downwardly depart from the presumptive risk level unless the defendant first identifies and proves the presence of "a mitigating factor of a kind, or to a degree, that is not otherwise adequately taken into account by the SORA Guidelines" (People v Lathan, 129 AD3d 686, 687 [2015] [internal quotation mark omitted]; see SORA: Risk Assessment Guidelines and Commentary at 4 [2006]). Here, the defendant failed to prove the existence of such a mitigating factor (see People v Lathan, 129 AD3d at 687; People v Ciudadreal, 125 AD3d 950, 950 [2015]). Accordingly, the Supreme Court correctly denied his request for a downward departure from his presumptive risk level (see People v Lathan, 129 AD3d at 687).
Balkin, J.P., Roman, Cohen and Connolly, JJ., concur.