People v. Abdul-Jalil

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Firetog, J.), dated June 15, 2009, which, after a hearing, designated him a level three sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The defendant contends that the Supreme Court violated his due process right to appear at his risk assessment hearing pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (hereinafter SORA; see Correction Law § 168-n [3]; People v Gonzalez, 69 AD3d 819 [2010]), when it conducted the hearing in his absence over the objection…