The court properly invoked the overriding factor of infliction of serious physical injury. Along with rape and sodomy, defendant was tried and found guilty of assault in the first degree, which requires serious physical injury. In classification proceedings, "[f]acts previously proven at trial or elicited at the time of entry of a plea of guilty shall be deemed established by clear and convincing evidence and shall not be relitigated" (Correction Law § 168-n [3]). In...
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