People v Austin
2008 NY Slip Op 07103 [54 AD3d 916]
September 23, 2008
Appellate Division, Second Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, October 29, 2008


The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Thomas Austin, Appellant.

[*1] Lynn W. L. Fahey, New York, N.Y. (William Kastin of counsel), for appellant.

Daniel M. Donovan, Jr., District Attorney, Staten Island, N.Y. (Morrie I. Kleinbart and Lauren-Brooke Eisen of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Rienzi, J.), dated December 6, 2006, 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 Supreme Court's determination to designate the defendant a level three sex offender based upon a "presumptive override" factor, namely, that the defendant had "a prior felony conviction for a sex crime," is supported by clear and convincing evidence and, thus, should not be disturbed (see People v Juarbe, 36 AD3d 602 [2007]; People v Clinkscales, 18 AD3d 726 [2005]).

The defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is without merit (see People v Lamberty, 45 AD3d 486 [2007]; People v Douglas, 18 AD3d 967, 968 [2005]; cf. People v Stultz, 2 NY3d 277, 287 [2004]). Fisher, J.P., Balkin, McCarthy and Chambers, JJ., concur.