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SORA RISK ASSESSMENT REDUCED TO LEVEL ONE, NO PROOF AGE OF CHILDREN DEPICTED IN PORNOGRAPHY WAS LESS THAN TEN (FOURTH DEPT

The Fourth Department reduced defendant’s risk level from two to one, finding there was no proof the children depicted in pornography were less than ten years old:

Defendant was convicted of possessing a sexual performance by a child (Penal Law § 263.16), which requires proof, inter alia, that defendant possessed a play, motion picture, or photograph depicting sexual conduct involving a child who is less than 16 years of age (see §§ 263.00 [1], [4]; 263.16). Consequently, defendant’s plea of guilty to that charge does not constitute clear and convincing evidence that 30 points should be assessed under risk factor 5 … . Additionally, the evidence submitted by the People, including the presentence report, did not constitute clear and convincing evidence that any of the victims was 10 years of age or less  … . The clear and convincing evidence, including the references to the children in the images possessed by defendant in the presentence report as preadolescent or prepubescent, coupled with the report’s definition of such children as being between 10 and 13 years of age, however, supports the imposition of 20 points under risk factor 5 … . People v Spratley, 2019 NY Slip Op 06283, Fourth Dept 8-22-19

 

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