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COUNTY COURT PROPERLY RELIED ON THE RESULTS OF A HEARING BEFORE A JUDICIAL HEARING OFFICER TO DETERMINE AMOUNT OF RESTITUTION.

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Stein, held County Court properly relied upon the results of a hearing conducted by a judicial hearing officer (JHO) to determine the amount of restitution to be paid by the defendant. The defendant was given the opportunity to submit additional evidence to County Court:

While Penal Law § 60.27 (2) “emphatically advises that it is 'the court' . . . which is to conduct any hearing thought necessary for this purpose” … , the court is “not . . . restricted to reliance upon only competent evidence” (Kim, 91 NY2d at 411). Rather, CPL 400.30 “embodies a liberal evidentiary standard”… and provides that “[a]ny relevant evidence, not legally privileged, may be received regardless of its admissibility under the exclusionary rules of evidence” (CPL 400.30 [4] [emphasis added]). That is, even where “the record does not contain sufficient evidence to support such finding [of the actual amount of loss]” or the defendant has requested a hearing (Penal Law § 60.27 [2]), nothing in the statutory text requires a formal evidentiary hearing. Rather, as noted, this Court has characterized the hearing as “a reasonable opportunity [for the defendant] to contest the People's evidence or supply evidence on his [or her] own behalf”… . People v Connolly, 2016 NY Slip Op 03651, CtApp 5-10-16

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