Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. David Hawkins, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2005-05-16
Citations: 18 A.D.3d 637
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v David Hawkins, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 18
Pages: 637–638

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v David Hawkins, Appellant.
[795 NYS2d 332]

Opinion:
Appeal by the defendant from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Barros, J.), dated March 3, 2004, which, pursuant to Correction Law article 6-c, designated him a level three sex offender.
Ordered that the order is reversed on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the defendant is reclassified as a level two sex offender.
The People failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant used "forcible compulsion" as that term is defined in Penal Law § 130.00 (8) in the commission of the attempted rape of the complainant (see Doe v Pataki, 3 F Supp 2d 456, 472 [1998]; Correction Law § 168-n [3]). Accordingly, the 10-point assessment under risk factor 1 for "Used forcible compulsion" must be deducted bringing the defendant's total risk factor score to 105, which falls within level two. Thus, the defendant is reclassified as a level two sex offender (see People v Collazo, 7 AD3d 595 [2004]).
The defendant's remaining contention is without merit. H. Miller, J.E, Cozier, Crane and Skelos, JJ., concur.