Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Louis Fuller, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2007-02-20
Citations: 37 A.D.3d 689
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Louis Fuller, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 37
Pages: 689–689

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Louis Fuller, Appellant.
[828 NYS2d 909]—

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from an order of the County Court, Westchester County (Bellantoni, J.), entered April 18, 2006, which, after a hearing, designated him a level three sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the defendant is reclassified as a level two sex offender.
The County Court erred in upwardly departing from the defendant's presumptive risk level two sex offender status and designating him a risk level three sex offender (see Correction Law § 168-a [1]). The People failed to demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence the existence of an aggravating factor of a kind or to a degree not otherwise adequately taken into account by the guidelines that would warrant such an upward departure (see People v Ruddy, 31 AD3d 517 [2006], lv denied 7 NY3d 714 [2006]; People v Guaman, 8 AD3d 545 [2004]).
The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit or need not be reached in light of our determination. Mastro, J.E, Goldstein, Lifson and Garni, JJ., concur. [See 11 Misc 3d 1081(A), 2006 NY Slip Op 50647(U) (2006).]