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EVIDENCE DID NOT SUPPORT A LEVEL THREE RISK ASSESSMENT, REDUCED TO LEVEL TWO; STANDARD OF PROOF IS PREPONDERANCE NOT CLEAR AND CONVINCING (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department determined there was insufficient evidence to justify a level three risk assessment. The assessment was reduced to level two. The court noted that County Court should have applied the preponderant evidence standard, not a clear and convincing standard:

… [T]he People did not establish by clear and convincing evidence that defendant had the requisite pattern of drug use, and there is no “indication in the record that drugs . . . played a role in the instant offense” … . * * *

… [T]he hearsay statement by defendant’s ex-wife that he is a “marijuana addict” is entitled to no weight. Not only is that statement conclusory and unsupported by any other evidence, nothing in the record suggests that defendant’s ex-wife is qualified to diagnose addiction. * * *

… [T]he court erred in assessing him 10 points under risk factor 12, for failure to accept responsibility, given that he “pleaded guilty, admitted his guilt, appeared remorseful when interviewed in connection with the preparation of a presentence report, and apologized” for his conduct  … . People v Kowal, 2019 NY Slip Op 06325, Fourth Dept 8-22-19

 

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