PEOPLE v. LIDEN

No. 67

19 N.Y.3d 271 (2012)

969 N.E.2d 751

946 N.Y.S.2d 533

2012 NY Slip Op 3473

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. SCOTT LIDEN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided May 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society, New York City ( Robert C. Newman , Steven Banks and William D. Gibney of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York City ( Malancha Chanda and Eleanor J. Ostrow of counsel), for respondent.

Eric T. Schneiderman , Attorney General, New York City ( Claude Platton , Barbara D. Underwood and Richard Dearing of counsel), for Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders, amicus curiae.

Order reversed, etc.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SMITH, J.

Rulings of administrative agencies can ordinarily be reviewed only in proceedings under CPLR article 78. We hold, however, that the unusual features of New York's sex offender registration system justify an exception to that rule: A determination by the Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders that a person who committed an offense in another state must register in New York is reviewable in a proceeding to determine the offender...

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