People v. Lee

In this case, we hold that the trial court erred when it required defendant to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offenders Registration Act (SORA) 20 months after defendant had been sen tenced. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals, which had affirmed the trial court’s decision to require defendant to register under SORA.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On August 6, 2005, defendant and his wife agreed to babysit their neighbors’ two boys. Defendant prepared the children for bedtime by bathing them. Defendant’s son and the older neighbor boy went to another room…