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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Talik Reed, Appellant

154 A.D.3d 97861 N.Y.S.3d 920·New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division·2017·NY

Mastro, J.R, Hall, Austin and Sgroi, JJ., concur.

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Talik Reed, Appellant. [61 NYS3d 920] [MAJORITY] — Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Braun, J.), dated November 17, 2016, 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. The Supreme Court properly denied the defendant’s application for a downward departure from his presumptive designation as a level two sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (see Correction Law § 168 et seq. [hereinafter SORA]). The defendant failed to identify any mitigating circumstances that are of a kind or to a degree not adequately taken into account by the SORA guidelines (see People v Gillotti, 23 NY3d 841, 861 [2014]; People v Rocano-Quintuna, 149 AD3d 1114, 1115 [2017]; People v Perez, 138 AD3d 1081, 1082 [2016]). Mastro, J.R, Hall, Austin and Sgroi, JJ., concur.