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Remote Drug-Related Convictions and a Single DWAI Not Enough to Assess Points (in a SORA Proceeding) for Substance Abuse

The Third Department determined points for substance abuse should not have veen assessed against the defendant in a SORA proceeding:

Here, there is no indication on this record that either drugs or alcohol played a role in the offense at issue herein or in defendant’s prior sex offense. County Court relied on defendant’s 1992 convictions for criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, his 2002 conviction for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree, and his 2009 conviction for driving while ability impaired. However, in our view these widely spaced incidents are not of the nature or degree to establish a pattern of drug or alcohol use by clear and convincing evidence (see Correction Law § 168-l [5] [a] [ii]…). The 1992 convictions, as well as other information relied upon in the case summary pertaining to defendant’s drug and/or alcohol use at that time, are excessively remote …, and his 2002 conviction for criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree does not prove drug use …, leaving his 2009 conviction for driving while ability impaired as the sole evidence of defendant’s substance abuse within the past 20 years … . People v Ross, 2014 NY Slip Op 02472, 3rd Dept 4-10-14

 

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