The court properly applied the presumptive override for defendant's prior felony conviction for persistent sexual abuse (Penal Law § 130.53), and properly exercised its discretion in declining to grant a downward departure. Defendant's principal arguments are similar to arguments this Court rejected on defendant's appeal from another sex offender adjudication arising out of a similar conviction (
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