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had handled the case, and there is no indication that she had spoken to any of the detectives who had dealt with the victims so extensively during the Palm Beach Police Department's year-long investigation of these events. Instead, as the court pointed out, the prosecutor had relied on mere "hearsay" for the notion that the vic

45 A.D.3d 429 (1st Dept. 2007) 36 People v. Mingo, 12 N.Y.3d 563 (2009) 36-37, 40 People v. O'Neal, 35 A.D.3d 302 (1st Dept. 2006) 36 People v. Pettigrew, 14 N.Y.3d 406 (2010) 36 People v. Roland, 292 A.D.2d 271 (1st Dept. 2002) 38 People v. Smith, 75 A.D.3d 1112 (4th Dept. 2010) 58 People v. Vas

had handled the case, and there is no indication that she had spoken to any of the detectives who had dealt with the victims so extensively during the Palm Beach Police Department's year-long investigation of these events. Instead, as the court pointed out, the prosecutor had relied on mere "hearsay" for the notion that the vic

45 A.D.3d 429 (1st Dept. 2007) 36 People v. Mingo, 12 N.Y.3d 563 (2009) 36-37, 40 People v. O'Neal, 35 A.D.3d 302 (1st Dept. 2006) 36 People v. Pettigrew, 14 N.Y.3d 406 (2010) 36 People v. Roland, 292 A.D.2d 271 (1st Dept. 2002) 38 People v. Smith, 75 A.D.3d 1112 (4th Dept. 2010) 58 People v. Vas

had handled the case, and there is no indication that she had spoken to any of the detectives who bad dealt with the victims so extensively during the Palm Beach Police Department's year-long investigation of these events. Instead, as the court pointed out, the prosecutor had relied on mere "hearsay" for the notion that the vic

hat the risk factors giving rise to the offender's score were supported by "dear and convincing evidence." ,egg Correction Law §168- n(3); People v. Pettigrew, 14 N.Y.3d 406, 408 (2010); People v. O'Neal. 35 A.D.3d 302 (1st Dept 2006). That SORA employs this relatively-relaxed standard, as opposed to proo