The following excerpt is from State v. John S., 15 N.E.3d 287, 2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 03292, 23 N.Y.3d 326, 991 N.Y.S.2d 532 (N.Y. 2014):
Information about the uncharged rape was culled from a single official record: the 1979 presentence report. In People v. Mingo, we held that hearsay information found in presentence reports is inherently reliable for purposes of determining the appropriate risk level of a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) (12 N.Y.3d 563, 572573, 883 N.Y.S.2d 154, 910 N.E.2d 983 [2009] ). The
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