Order, Supreme Court, New York (Ronald A. Zweibel, J.), entered on or about March 7, 2012, which adjudicated defendant a level two sexually violent offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C), unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The People met their burden of establishing, by clear and convincing evidence, risk factors bearing a sufficient total point score to support a level two sexually violent offender adjudication. Defendant does not contest 65 of the 75 points required for a level two adjudication.
The court properly assessed 10 points for forcible compulsion, based on evidence that defendant overpowered and grabbed the 11-year-old victim and took her to a stairway for the purpose of raping her, and tried to place his hand over her mouth to prevent her from screaming. The court also properly assessed 15 points for failure to accept responsibility, based on statements by defendant that tended to minimize his guilt, and his unjustified refusal to participate in sex offender treatment even after a program in his native language was offered.
