People v. Wall

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Kahn, J.), dated June 18, 2012, which, after a hearing, designated him a level three sexually violent offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.

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

*901The defendant contends that the County Court violated his due process right to appear at his risk assessment hearing pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act (see Correction Law § 168-n [3]; People v Gonzalez, 69 AD3d 819 [2010]) when it conducted the hearing in his absence. This contention is…