People v. Rotunno
| Citation | 986 N.Y.S.2d 344,2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 03817,117 A.D.3d 1019 |
| Parties | PEOPLE of State of New York, respondent, v. Christopher ROTUNNO, appellant. |
| Decision Date | 28 May 2014 |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
117 A.D.3d 1019
986 N.Y.S.2d 344
2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 03817
PEOPLE of State of New York, respondent,
v.
Christopher ROTUNNO, appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
May 28, 2014.
Robert C. Mitchell, Riverhead, N.Y. (James H. Miller III of counsel), for appellant.
Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Lauren Tan of counsel), for respondent.
[986 N.Y.S.2d 345]
Appeal by the defendant from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Kahn, J.), dated June 24, 2013, which, after a hearing, designated him a level two sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6–C.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, in light of the large quantity of child pornography recovered from the defendant's possession and the nature of that material, which included, among other things, images and videos depicting the torture of children, the County Court properly determined that there were aggravating factors not adequately taken into account by the SORA guidelines ( see People v. DeDona, 102 A.D.3d 58, 68, 954 N.Y.S.2d 541;People v. Wyatt, 89 A.D.3d 112, 121, 931 N.Y.S.2d 85;accord Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders, Scoring of Child Pornography Cases Position Statement [June 1, 2012] ). Upon making such a determination, the court providently exercised its discretion in granting the People's application for an upward departure from the presumptive sex offender risk level ( see People v. Voltaire, 112 A.D.3d 601, 975 N.Y.S.2d 891;cf. People v. Gillotti, 104 A.D.3d 1155, 1155, 960 N.Y.S.2d 578,lv. granted 21 N.Y.3d 858, 970 N.Y.S.2d 495, 992 N.E.2d 423;People v. Poole, 90 A.D.3d 1550, 935 N.Y.S.2d 773;People v. Bretan, 84 A.D.3d 906, 907, 922 N.Y.S.2d 542).
DILLON, J.P., BALKIN, MILLER and MALTESE, JJ., concur.To continue reading
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