People v. Best

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Kohm, J.), dated January 31, 2005, which, after a hearing to redetermine the defendant’s sex offender risk level pursuant to the stipulation of settlement in Doe v Pataki (3 F Supp 2d 456 [1998]), designated him a level three sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Queens County, for a new hearing and determination.

Pursuant to the stipulation of settlement in Doe v Pataki (3 F…