An Attempted Offense Is Not an Aggravated Offense

Published for NC Criminal Law on January 21, 2016.

A case from the court of appeals this week answered a longstanding question about which offenses are “aggravated” for sex offender registration and satellite-based monitoring (SBM) purposes. In State v. Barnett, __ N.C. App. __ (Jan. 19, 2016), the defendant was convicted of attempted second-degree rape. The trial court found that conviction to be an ... Read more

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