People v. Sterling

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Kase, J.), dated January 19, 2007, which, after a hearing, designated him a sexually violent offender and a level three sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.

Ordered that the order is modified, on the law, by deleting the provision thereof that the appellant was to “be designated a sexually violent offender and”; as so modified, the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Although the hearing court failed to make written findings of fact and conclusions of law as required by Correction Law §…