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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JAMES HOWARD, Appellant.

In making its determination, the court properly considered grand jury minutes, which constituted "reliable hearsay evidence" (Correction Law § 168-n). The Confrontation Clause does not apply to these proceedings ( People v Dort, 18 AD3d 23, 25, lv denied 4 NY3d 885), and the use of reliable hearsay did not deprive defendant of due process ( see People v Mingo, 49 AD3d 148, 152). Defendant's arguments concerning unlawful grand jury disclosure ( see CPL 190.25; Penal Law § 215.70) are without merit because, in the circumstances presented, the court's acceptance of the minutes sufficed as an order of the court to reveal them ( see People ex rel. Ryan v Warden, N.Y. City House of Detention, 113 AD2d 116, 119).

The People established, by clear and convincing evidence, risk factors bearing a sufficient total point score to support a level three adjudication. Defendant's challenges to the choice of risk factors made by the Legislature and the Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders are both waived and without merit ( see People v Bligen, 33 AD3d 489; People v Joe, 26 AD3d 300, lv denied 7 NY3d 703).

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PEOPLE v. JAMES
(Jun 10, 2008)