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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JONATHAN A. CUNNINGHAM, Appellant.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Defendant appeals from an order determining that he is a level two risk pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law § 168 et seq.). Contrary to defendant's contention, the statements in the case summary constitute reliable hearsay upon which County Court properly relied pursuant to Correction Law § 168-n (3) ( see People v Thompson, 66 AD3d 1455; People v Ramos, 41 AD3d 1250, lv denied 9 NY3d 809; People v Wragg, 41 AD3d 1273, lv denied 9 NY3d 809). Those statements constitute clear and convincing evidence that an upward departure from the presumptive risk level was warranted based upon "an aggravating . . . factor of a kind, or to a degree, . . . otherwise not adequately taken into account by the [risk assessment] guidelines" (Sex Offender Registration Act: Risk Assessment Guidelines and Commentary, at 4 [2006]).

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PEOPLE v. CUNNINGHAM
(Dec 30, 2009)