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People v. O'Flaherty

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 15, 2005
23 A.D.3d 237 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)

Opinion

7040.

November 15, 2005.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (John A.K. Bradley, J.), entered on or about April 16, 2004, which adjudicated defendant a level three sex offender and a sexual predator under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Robert S. Dean, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York (Jonathan M. Kirshbaum of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York (Nicole Beder of counsel), for respondent.

Before: Saxe, J.P., Marlow, Nardelli, Gonzalez and Sweeny, JJ., concur.


The Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders determined that defendant was a level two sex offender through a calculation of points based upon the risk assessment instrument, but nevertheless recommended that he be classified as a level three sex offender based on his delusional and violently unpredictable behavior, his ongoing threats to harm the victim and a previous arrest for sexual misconduct. These aggravating factors were not adequately taken into account in the Board's risk assessment instrument and guidelines, and support the discretionary upward departure by the Board and by Supreme Court, which accepted the Board's recommendation ( see People v. Sanford, 16 AD3d 1082, lv denied 4 NY3d 711; People v. Roland, 292 AD2d 271, lv denied 98 NY2d 614; compare People v. Mount, 17 AD3d 714). The additional classification of defendant as a statutory sexual predator (Correction Law § 168-a [a]) was also correct. We have considered and rejected defendant's remaining arguments.


Summaries of

People v. O'Flaherty

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Nov 15, 2005
23 A.D.3d 237 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
Case details for

People v. O'Flaherty

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. RODERICK O'FLAHERTY…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Nov 15, 2005

Citations

23 A.D.3d 237 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005)
2005 N.Y. Slip Op. 8640
806 N.Y.S.2d 11

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