Smith's Criminal Case Compendium
Table of Contents
Evidence
Arrest, Search, and Investigation
Criminal Offenses
Drug Offenses
In re Dunn, 225 N.C. App. 43 (Jan. 15, 2013)
Holding, in a case in which the trial court denied the defendant’s motion to terminate his sex offender registration, that the superior court did not have jurisdiction to enter its order. Under G.S. 14-208.12A(a), a petition to terminate must be filed in the district where the person was convicted. Here, the defendant was convicted in Montgomery County but filed his petition to terminate in Cumberland County.