People v. Pearce
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Margulis, J.), dated February 3, 2015, which, after a hearing, 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 defendant is designated a level two sex offender.
In establishing an offender’s appropriate risk level under the Sex Offender Registration Act (see Correction Law art 6-C [hereinafter SORA]), “[t]he People ‘bear the burden of proving the facts supporting the determinations’ by clear and…
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