Legal Opinion
The People v. Steven Lashway
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 11, 2015No. 94PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Pigott, J.
The issue on this appeal is whether County Court abused its discretion when denying defendant’s request for an adjournment of his reclassification hearing of his risk level status under the Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) (see Correction Law § 168-o). Under the circumstances of this case, we conclude County Court did not abuse its discretion.
Defendant was convicted in 1990 of three counts of rape in the second degree, perpetrated against an 11-year-old child while he was on parole for an earlier rape conviction. He was sentenced as a second felony offender…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- BROWN BROS. v. Beam Constr.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Doe v. PatakiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1998
- People v. David W.New York Court of Appeals · 2000
- People v. SpearsNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Kropp v. Town of ShandakenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
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3Cited by70 opinions
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