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HERE THE PEOPLE’S FAILURE TO PROVIDE TEN-DAY’S NOTICE THEY WERE SEEKING A HIGHER SORA RISK LEVEL THAN THAT RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD WARRANTED A REDUCTION FROM LEVEL THREE TO TWO; DEFENSE COUNSEL’S REPLY TO THE LATE NOTICE DID NOT WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reducing defendant’s SORA risk level from three to two, determined (1) the defendant was not given the requisite 10-day notice of the prosecutor’s intent to seek a higher risk level than that recommended by the Board, and (2) defense counsel’s reply to the late notice by the prosecutor did not waive the 10-day notice requirement:

We agree with defendant that he was denied due process because the People did not provide written notice of its intent to seek a determination different than that recommended by the Board “at least ten days prior to the determination proceeding” (Correction Law § 168-n[3] …). The People sent defense counsel a letter stating their intent to seek a risk level three adjudication, different from the Board’s recommendation of risk level two, less than 10 days in advance of the hearing. … [T]he People indicated in their letter only that they were seeking additional point assessments and did not apprise counsel that they were also requesting an upward departure … . … [T]he People announced their intention to seek an upward departure for the first time at the court’s invitation during the SORA hearing.

Defendant’s right to timely notice was not waived by his counsel’s letter, in response to the People’s, that counsel was willing to go forward with the hearing if the prosecutor delivered to counsel by the next day the evidence that the People intended to use at the hearing. Nothing in the record indicates that the prosecutor complied with this condition. Moreover, because the People did not announce an intention to seek an upward departure, any waiver would not have embraced that request. People v Tookes, 2024 NY Slip Op 03095, First Dept 6-6-24

Practice Point: The People must provide defendant ten-day’s notice of their intent to seek a higher SORA risk level than that recommended by the Board.

Practice Point: The People should not wait until the SORA hearing to announce they are seeking an upward departure.

 

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