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SENTENCE DEEMED HARSH AND EXCESSIVE; REDUCED IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department reduced the defendant’s sentence, noting it was defendant’s first conviction, her strong family and community ties, her long employment history and her mental health history. “The defendant was convicted of two counts each of rape in the third degree, criminal sexual act in the third degree, and endangering the welfare of a child arising out of two separate incidents wherein the defendant, who was a paraprofessional at a school which the 16½-year-old victim attended, took the victim to a hotel and had sexual intercourse and oral sex with him:”

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment … convicting her of rape in the third degree (two counts), criminal sexual act in the third degree (two counts), and endangering the welfare of a child (two counts), after a nonjury trial, and sentencing her to determinate terms of imprisonment of 3 years on each of the counts of rape in the third degree (counts 1 and 4) and criminal sexual act in the third degree (counts 2 and 5), to be followed by a period of postrelease supervision of 10 years, and a determinate term of imprisonment of 1 year on each of the counts of endangering the welfare of a child (counts 3 and 6), with the sentences imposed on counts 1, 2, and 3 to run concurrently with each other, and the sentences imposed on counts 4, 5, and 6 to run concurrently with each other and consecutively to the sentences imposed on counts 1, 2, and 3. * * *

The sentence imposed, which is at the upper end of the legal sentencing range, is harsh and excessive … . Accordingly, exercising our interest of justice jurisdiction, we modify the sentence to the extent indicated herein … . People v Thompson, 2020 NY Slip Op 00164, Second Dept 1-8-20

 

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