Opinion ID: 1295930
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: olson

Text: In 1998, Olson pled guilty to one count of sexual assault on a child. The victim was Olson's minor sister-in-law. Olson's prior criminal history included one charge of larceny and one charge of disturbing the peace. He had no prior history of sex-related convictions. In a letter dated July 14, 2000, the Nebraska State Patrol informed Olson that based upon answers to the 14 questions composing the risk assessment instrument, he had been assigned a Level 3 sex offender classification under SORA. Olson requested a hearing to contest his classification level, taking specific exception to items 9 through 14 of the risk assessment instrument. On July 2 and December 27, 2002, a hearing regarding Olson's classification was held before a hearing officer. Olson presented the expert testimony of Gaudet, and the State presented the expert testimony of Black and Scalora. The substance of the testimony is identical to that offered by Lein and is detailed in relevant part below. On February 2, 2003, the hearing officer recommended that Olson's classification remain at Level 3. The hearing officer determined that while Olson's score of 190 points on the risk assessment instrument should be reduced to 160, it remained in excess of the score of 130 which is the cutoff point for a Level 3 classification. The Nebraska State Patrol adopted this recommendation in full. Olson timely filed a petition for judicial review with the district court for Lancaster County under the APA. The district court affirmed the Level 3 classification on September 9, and Olson filed this timely appeal. The parties' stipulation to consolidate the appeals for briefing and oral argument was allowed. We then moved the consolidated appeals to our docket on our own motion pursuant to our statutory authority under Neb.Rev.Stat. § 24-1106(3) (Reissue 1995) to regulate the dockets of the appellate courts in this state.