Petitions to Terminate Sex Offender Registration: Moir Tiers
Last month the supreme court decided State v. Moir. It is a case about how a state sex crime—namely, indecent liberties with a child—fits within the offense tiering system set […]
April 8, 2015
Sex Crime Tiers under Federal Law
Like most states, North Carolina has not substantially implemented the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). (Only 17 states have.) Nevertheless, some portions of the federal law wind […]
April 23, 2013
The Wetterling Finding: Not an Unconstitutional Delegation
The court of appeals recently decided another case on petitions to terminate sex offender registration. Once again, the decision turned on what I have called the “Wetterling finding”—the rule in […]
May 17, 2012
Petitions for Removal from the Sex Offender Registry: The Wetterling Finding — Part II
In my previous post I wrote about In re Hamilton, a recent appellate case involving petitions to terminate sex offender registration. In Hamilton, the court of appeals held that a […]
May 16, 2012
Petitions for Removal from the Sex Offender Registry: The Wetterling Finding — Part I
A recent case from the court of appeals sheds some light on a frequently asked question about petitions for removal from the sex offender registry. The case, In re Hamilton, […]
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