North v. Board of Examiners

OPINION OF THE COURT

Graffeo, J.

In 2004, petitioner Todd North pleaded guilty to a federal possession of child pornography offense. Our task is to determine whether the Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders erred when it concluded that petitioner’s conviction in a foreign jurisdiction required him to register under New York’s Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA). We conclude that petitioner’s federal conviction warranted registration under SORA.

Federal agents executed a search warrant at petitioner’s home on February 6, 2002, seizing his computer. Examination of the computer revealed that…