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PEOPLE v. KNOX

12 N.Y.3d 60 (2009)

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JUDY KNOX, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. ELIEZER CINTRON, Appellant. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. FRANCIS JACKSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided February 17, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society, New York City (Lorca Morello and Steven Banks of counsel), for appellant in the first above-entitled action.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney, New York City (Dana Poole and Alan Gadlin of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Legal Aid Society, New York City (Mitchell J. Briskey and Steven Banks of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled action.

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Noah J. Chamoy, Joseph N. Ferdenzi and Rafael Curbelo of counsel), for respondent in the second above-entitled action.

Office of the Appellate Defender, New York City (Margaret E. Knight, Richard M. Greenberg and Risa Gerson of counsel), for appellant in the third above-entitled action.

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney, Bronx (Noah J. Chamoy, Joseph N. Ferdenzi and Rafael Curbelo of counsel), for respondent in the third above-entitled action.

Before: Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, PIGOTT and JONES concur; Chief Judge LIPPMAN taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SMITH, J.

Defendants in these three cases committed, or attempted to commit, kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. Their victims were children, and defendants were not their victims' parents. We hold that the State did not violate defendants' constitutional rights by compelling them to register as "sex offenders," even though there was no proof that their crimes involved any sexual act or sexual motive.

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