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Evidence Defendant Had Victimized Other Children Justified Upward Departure in SORA Proceeding

The Second Department determined that clear and convincing evidence defendant had victimized other children justified an upward departure in the SORA proceeding:

…[T]he court’s classification of the defendant as a level three sex offender was justified. The People proved by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant had engaged in sexual misconduct with children other than the child whose victimization led to the defendant’s conviction. This constituted aggravating factors of a kind not otherwise taken into account by the guidelines that warranted an upward departure to level three … . People v DeJesus, 2014 NY Slip Op 03815, 2nd Dept 5-28-14

 

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