People v. Freeman

Appeal from an order of the County Court of Chemung County (Buckley, J.), rendered February 23, 2005, which classified defendant as a risk level III sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act.

The facts of this case are set forth in this Court’s prior decision involving an application by defense counsel to be relieved of his assignment (34 AD3d 1106 [2006]). This Court withheld decision and assigned new appellate counsel to address any potential issues of “arguable merit” (People v Cruwys, 113 AD2d 979, 980 [1985], lv denied 67 NY2d 650 [1986]), such as the propriety of the sex…