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BURGLARY AS A SEXUALLY MOTIVATED FELONY IS NOT AN ENUMERATED OFFENSE UNDER SORA, THEREFORE DEFENDANT WAS NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER; THE WAIVER OF APPEAL WAS INVALID (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined defendant was not required to register as a sex offender because the offense to which he pled guilty, burglary as a sexually motivated felony, is not one of offenses to which SORA applies. In addition, the Third Department held defendant’s waiver of appeal was invalid:

… [W]e agree with the analysis of our colleagues in the First and Second Departments concluding that registerable offenses subject to SORA are, by application of the clear statutory text, limited to those crimes expressly identified as “[s]ex offense[s]” pursuant to Correction Law § 168-a (2) … . As burglary in the third degree as a sexually motivated felony is not among the offenses enumerated therein, we agree that defendant was improperly required to register as a sex offender pursuant to SORA … . …

During the plea colloquy, County Court did not explain that certain appellate rights would survive the waiver of appeal and instead improperly described the rights to be waived as encompassing “any argument” that defendant might take to a higher court … . The written waiver, in turn, states that “[i]t is [defendant’s] understanding and intention that [his] plea agreement and sentence will be a complete and final disposition of this case.” Although the written appeal waiver also includes qualifying language limiting its application “to all legal issues that can be waived under the law[,]” and the court confirmed that defendant had discussed the waiver with counsel … , we find that the “totality of the circumstances” presented here fails to confirm that defendant understood that some appellate review would survive the waiver … . People v Winter, 2023 NY Slip Op 01820, Third Dept 4-6-23

Practice Point: A defendant may not be required to register as a sex offender if convicted of a crime not listed in the Correction Law. Burglary as a sexually motivated felony is not listed.

Practice Point: The failure to inform the defendant that, despite the waiver of appeal, certain issues remain appealable, renders the waiver of appeal invalid.

 

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