People v. Bullock

In this Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) (Correction Law art 6-C) proceeding, defendant appeals the determination by Supreme Court that he must register as a level one sexually violent offender by virtue of his North Carolina conviction of sexual battery. The principal issue that we must decide is whether Supreme Court erred in determining that it lacked authority to accept the Board of *10Examiners of Sex Offenders’ recommendation that defendant should not be adjudicated a sexually violent offender, an adjudication which triggers lifetime registration as a SORA sex offender (see Correction…