People v. Baluja

Appeal by the defendant from an order of the County Court, Suffolk County (Kahn, J.), dated February 14, 2012, which, after a hearing, designated him a level three sex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The defendant was convicted of four counts of unlawful surveillance in the second degree (Penal Law § 250.45 [2]). At the hearing to determine the defendant’s risk level under the Sex Offender Registration Act (see Correction Law art 6-C [hereinafter SORA]), the defendant contended, inter alia, that he had not been…