Matter of Bush v New York State Bd. of Examiners of SexOffenders
2010 NY Slip Op 03441 [72 AD3d 1078]
April 27, 2010
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, June 9, 2010


In the Matter of Keith T. Bush, Appellant,
v
New YorkState Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders et al., Respondents.

[*1]Steven Banks, New York, N.Y. (Robert Newman of counsel), for appellant.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, New York, N.Y. (Benjamin N. Gutman, RichardDearing, and Karen Schoen of counsel), for respondents New York State Board of Examiners ofSex Offenders and New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Thomas J. Spota, District Attorney, Riverhead, N.Y. (Rosalind C. Gray of counsel),respondent pro se.

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, inter alia, to review a determination of the NewYork State Board of Examiners of Sex Offenders that the petitioner is required to register as asex offender pursuant to Correction Law article 6-C, the petitioner appeals from a judgment ofthe Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Baisley, Jr., J.), entered November 24, 2008, which deniedthe petition and dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

We agree with the Supreme Court that the petitioner's claims are without merit. Requiringthe petitioner to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act (Correction Law art 6-C) doesnot violate the ex post facto clause of the federal constitution (US Const, art I, § 10 [1]),the due process clauses of the state or federal constitutions (NY Const, art I, § 6; US ConstAmend XIV), or the petitioner's right to equal protection of the law (see People v Knox,12 NY3d 60, 67 [2009], cert denied 558 US, 130 S Ct 552 [2009];People v Buss, 11 NY3d 553 [2008]; Matter of North v Board of Examiners of SexOffenders of State of N.Y., 8 NY3d 745, 752 [2007]). Fisher, J.P., Dillon, Dickerson andBelen, JJ., concur.


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