People v. Sweat

People v Sweat (2017 NY Slip Op 00679)
People v Sweat
2017 NY Slip Op 00679
Decided on February 1, 2017
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
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Decided on February 1, 2017 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department
CHERYL E. CHAMBERS, J.P.
LEONARD B. AUSTIN
SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX
BETSY BARROS, JJ.

2015-08433

[*1]People of State of New York, respondent,

v

Herbert Sweat, appellant.




Thomas N. N. Angell, Poughkeepsie, NY (Steven Levine of counsel), for appellant.

William V. Grady, District Attorney, Poughkeepsie, NY (Kirsten A. Rappleyea of counsel), for respondent.



DECISION & ORDER

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the County Court, Dutchess County (Forman, J.), dated April 21, 2015, which, after a hearing, designated him a level three sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.

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

The defendant's request for a downward departure, which is made for the first time before this Court, is unpreserved for appellate review (see People v Wallace, 144 AD3d 775; People v Uphael, 140 AD3d 1143, 1144-1145) and, in any event, without merit (see People v Correa, 127 AD3d 610).

CHAMBERS, J.P., AUSTIN, HINDS-RADIX and BARROS, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court