Sincere KK. v. State

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Demurest, J.), entered July 3, 2012 in St. Lawrence County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 10, for his discharge from confinement at a secure treatment facility.

In 1984, petitioner was convicted of, among other things, sodomy in the first degree after he sexually assaulted two brothers, who were 11 and 14 years old.1 Petitioner was subsequently diagnosed with pedophilia and antisocial personality disorder with psychopathic features and, in 2011, was civilly confined to a secure…