People v. Roberson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Ronald H. Tills, J.

By application dated December 31, 1996, the defendant, by his attorney Daniel P. Grasso, Esq., seeks to dismiss the proceedings classifying the defendant as a sex offender under Correction Law § 168, referred to as the Sex Offender Registration Act. Defendant presents arguments in two areas, that the classification and notification provisions violate the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution and that the Sex Offender Registration Act is not applicable to the defen*487dant herein based upon the reasons set forth in the affidavit of counsel.…