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INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ASSESSMENT OF POINTS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined that the SORA court assessment of points for substance abuse was not supported by the evidence:

Assessment of points under risk factor 11 may be appropriate if the offender has a “history” of substance abuse or if the offender “was abusing drugs and or alcohol at the time of the offense” … . Here, the People did not meet their burden of proving the facts underlying the disputed point assessment by clear and convincing evidence … . The presentence report contained only ambiguous information about the extent of the defendant’s use of alcohol and marijuana between the ages of 16 and 20, at least 7 years before the sex offense at issue in this proceeding, and no information about the defendant’s use of those substances in the 7 years before the sex offense. Moreover, the evidence at the hearing did not establish that the defendant abused or was under the influence of alcohol or marijuana at the time of the offense … . People v Trotter, 2018 NY Slip Op 05211, Second Dept 7-11-16

CRIMINAL LAW (SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT (SORA), INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ASSESSMENT OF POINTS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE (SECOND DEPT))/SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT (SORA) ( INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ASSESSMENT OF POINTS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE (SECOND DEPT))/SUBSTANCE ABUSE (SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT (SORA), INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT ASSESSMENT OF POINTS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE (SECOND DEPT))

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