Legal Opinion
People v. Ferrer
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 26, 2010PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
At the SORA classification hearing, defendant introduced expert testimony challenging the accuracy of the risk assessment instrument (RAI) in predicting the risk of recidivism, and presenting other factors that the expert viewed as better predic*514tors of risk. The expert testified, among other things, that New York’s RAI is unreliable and is not generally accepted in the scientific community. The expert cited a number of methodological defects in the RAI, emphasizing that it assigns a particular number of points for each risk factor without employing valid statistical data demonstrating the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kansas v. HendricksSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- People v. MingoNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
- People v. JohnsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2008
- State v. RosadoNew York Supreme Court · 2009
3Cited by17 opinions
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- People v. MillerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- People v. WheelerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2016
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