Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the defendant's contention, he was not entitled to a downward departure from his presumptive risk level. A downward departure from a sex offender's presumptive risk level generally is warranted only where there exists a mitigating factor of a kind or to a degree not otherwise adequately taken into account by the Sex Offender Registration Act (hereinafter SORA) guidelines (see Sex...
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