State v. Donald N.

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Coccoma, J.), entered July 3, 2008 in Otsego County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law article 10, found respondent to be a dangerous sex offender and confined him to a secure treatment facility.

In 2002, respondent was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree, arising out of an incident involving two adolescent girls, and sentenced to a prison term of two years with three years of postrelease supervision. He was paroled in August 2004 but, after violating the terms of his release, his parole was revoked and he was remanded to…