People v. Lawson

In determining the defendant’s risk level pursuant to the Sex *1007Offender Registration Act (see Correction Law art 6-C; hereinafter SORA), the Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders assessed the defendant 20 points under risk factor 13 on the risk assessment instrument (hereinafter the RAI). These points were based on the defendant’s commission of a tier II infraction involving his “lewd exposure to a female corrections officer” while he was incarcerated. The defendant contends that he was erroneously assessed these 20 points because, among other things, the lewd conduct did not amount to “sexual…