The People v. Marcus Brown

Summary

The Court held that applying SORA to this defendant violated substantive due process because his offense was nonsexual, did not target or meaningfully endanger the child, and the SORA court found that he posed no sexual threat. The Court distinguished the governing precedent and concluded that registration was not rationally related to SORA's purpose of protecting the public from actual sex offenders. The Appellate Division's order was therefore reversed and the SORA designation vacated.