GROSSMAN, JOHN, PEOPLE v

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department [788] KA 10-00703 PRESENT: SCUDDER, P.J., SMITH, CARNI, SCONIERS, AND GREEN, JJ. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT, V MEMORANDUM AND ORDER JOHN GROSSMAN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. TIMOTHY P. DONAHER, PUBLIC DEFENDER, ROCHESTER (JAMES ECKERT OF COUNSEL), FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. MICHAEL C. GREEN, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ROCHESTER (NANCY GILLIGAN OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT. Appeal from an order of the Monroe County Court (Frank P. Geraci, Jr., J.), entered February 22, 2010. The order denied defendant’s petition to modify the determination that he is a level three risk pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act. It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Defendant appeals from an order denying his petition pursuant to Correction Law § 168-o (2) seeking to modify the prior determination that he is a level three risk pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (§ 168 et seq.). As County Court properly determined, “defendant failed to meet his ‘burden of proving the facts supporting the requested modification by clear and convincing evidence’ ” (People v Higgins, 55 AD3d 1303 , quoting § 168-o [2]; see People v McCollum, 83 AD3d 1504 ; People v Cullen, 79 AD3d 1677 , lv denied 16 NY3d 709 ). Entered: June 10, 2011 Patricia L. Morgan Clerk of the Court