The Second Department determined a sex offender’s petition to terminate his strict and intensive supervision and treatment (SIST) should have been granted:
… [T]he State … failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the appellant had “serious difficulty in controlling” himself from committing sex offenses within the meaning of Mental Hygiene Law § 10.03(i). The only evidence in the record was that, while the appellant had a long history of committing sex offenses, the appellant had not committed any offense since 2002, had complied with all of his SIST requirements, and had been successful in treatment, where he learned and used skills and modalities to help him control himself from engaging in criminal sexual conduct … . Matter of State of New York v (Anonymous), 2016 NY Slip Op 06717, 2nd Dept 10-12-16
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