People v. Guerro–Bueso

Decision Date30 March 2022
Docket Number2020–07681
Parties PEOPLE of State of New York, respondent, v. Luis Fernando GUERRO–BUESO, appellant.
CourtNew York Supreme Court — Appellate Division

203 A.D.3d 1184
163 N.Y.S.3d 422 (Mem)

PEOPLE of State of New York, respondent,
v.
Luis Fernando GUERRO–BUESO, appellant.

2020–07681

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Submitted—January 25, 2022
March 30, 2022


James D. Licata, New City, NY (Lois Cappelletti of counsel), for appellant.

Thomas E. Walsh II, District Attorney, New City, NY (Jacob B. Sher of counsel; Zachary Miraz on the brief), for respondent.

MARK C. DILLON, J.P., COLLEEN D. DUFFY, VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON, SHERI S. ROMAN, JJ.

DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from an amended order of the County Court, Rockland County (Kevin F. Russo, J.), dated September 23, 2020, which, after a hearing, designated him a level three sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6–C.

ORDERED that the amended order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In this proceeding pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6–C), the County Court assessed the defendant 120 points, within the range for a presumptive designation as a level three sex offender, and designated him a level three sex offender.

The assessment of 10 points under risk factor 8 on the ground that the defendant was 20 years of age or less at the time he committed his first sexual offense was established

by his admission at the plea proceeding that he engaged in sexual intercourse with one of his victims between May 1, 2018, and July 1, 2018, when, based on his date of birth in 1998, he was 19 years old. The defendant does not contest his date of birth. The question of whether the defendant was properly assessed 30 points instead of 20 points under risk factor 3 for number of victims is academic, since even if 10 points were deducted from his risk assessment, the defendant would still be assessed 110 points, rendering him presumptively a level three sex offender (see People v. Leung, 191 A.D.3d 1023, 142 N.Y.S.3d 95 ; People v. Grubert, 160 A.D.3d 993, 72 N.Y.S.3d 466 ).

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