People v Parilla
2013 NY Slip Op 03931
Defendant appeals from the order of the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Steven Lloyd Barrett, J.), entered on or about April 1, 2010, which adjudicated him a level three sexually violent offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act.
ANDRIAS, J.
In this appeal, we consider whether amendments made to the Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) (Correction Law art 6-C) since 1996, that, among other things, impose more stringent registration and notice requirements for convicted sex offenders, have rendered the act a punitive statute, so that its retroactive application to defendant violates the Ex Post Facto Clause or the state and federal constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy. For the reasons that follow, we find that SORA, as amended, does not constitute an impermissible ex post facto law or subject defendant to double jeopardy and that the record supports defendant's adjudication as a level three sexually violent offender.
NY sex offender law not punitive: appeals court
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