People v. Rutland

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Kahn, J.), dated January 7, 2014, which, after a hearing pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C, 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 matter is remitted to the County Court, Suffolk County, for a reopened risk assessment hearing and a new risk level determination in accordance herewith.

In 2012, the defendant was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree. Prior to his release on parole,…