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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, v. STANLEY BETHUNE, DEFENDANT–APPELLANT.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
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 three risk pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law § 168 et seq.). Defendant was convicted upon his plea of guilty of, inter alia, aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.70), and he was thereafter adjudicated a level three risk. Contrary to defendant's contention, Supreme Court properly determined that he had previously been convicted of a felony sex crime and applied the corresponding override provision. The case summary stated that defendant had previously been convicted in the State of California of, inter alia, the crime of oral copulation. A conviction of such a crime may be a misdemeanor or a felony, depending upon the particulars of the conviction (see generally People v. Hofsheier, 37 Cal 4th 1185, 1196 n 3). In addition to stating the name of the crime of which defendant was convicted in California, however, the case summary repeatedly indicated that defendant had previously been convicted of a “felony sex crime,” the oral copulation conviction was defendant's only prior sex offense, and defendant did not deny having been convicted of that offense. “The case summary may constitute clear and convincing evidence of the facts alleged therein and, where, as here, the defendant does not dispute the facts contained in the case summary, the case summary alone is sufficient to support the court's determination” (People v. Guzman, 96 AD3d 1441, 1441–1442, lv denied 19 NY3d 812; see People v. Beames, 100 AD3d 1163, 1164; People v. Hubel, 70 AD3d 1492, 1493). The court therefore properly determined that the override provision applied.
Frances E. Cafarell
Clerk of the Court
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Docket No: KA 12–00990
Decided: July 19, 2013
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department, New York.
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