The People v. Dennis J. Sincerbeaux

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge DiFiore.

In this Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) (Correction Law art 6-C) appeal, we are asked to decide whether the SORA court erred in assessing defendant points under risk factors 1, 5, and 9 and abused its discretion in adjudicating defendant a risk level three sex offender. We conclude that the court did not err and did not abuse its discretion.

I

Defendant was convicted on his plea of guilty of incest in the third degree (Penal Law § 255.25) for engaging in sexual intercourse with a person he knew to be related to him over a period of approximately one…