WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a North Carolina sex offender should have a chance to challenge a requirement that he wear a GPS monitoring bracelet for the rest of his life. The justices ruled Monday that the state’s ...

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U.S. v. Price (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0125, 26 pp.) (King, J.) No. 13-4216, Feb. 3, 2015; USDC at Rock Hill, S.C. (Anderson, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A defendant convicted in South Carolina of assault and battery of a high and ...

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State v. Pressley (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-07-0808, 11 pp.) (Mark Davis, J.) Appealed from Rowan County Superior Court (W. Erwin Spainhour, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Although G.S. § 14-208.9A sets out a schedule of deadlines for sex offenders to verify ...

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U.S. v. Bridges (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-01-0095, 12 pp.) (Thacker, J.) No. 13-4067, Jan. 27, 2014; USDC at Big Stone Gap, Va. (Jones, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: Although the court imposed probation and withheld adjudication upon defendant’s plea of no contest to a ...

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State v. Smith : Defendant’s conviction was “final” for purposes of G.S. § 14-208.6 when he was required to register as a sex offender upon conviction. He was not entitled to exhaust his direct appeals before registering.

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A South Carolina man targeted a North Carolina sex offender at random, killed him and his wife and later told deputies he planned to kill others on the state's sex registry, authorities said Wednesday.

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Cleveland County District Attorney Richard L. Shaffer Jr. spoke only twice during a hearing for a convicted sex offender who was arguing that he should not be required to register as a sex offender. Shaffer introduced the case to the court and later, when Superior Court Judge Forrest D. Bridges asked if he wanted to object to the offender’s request, he said, “No sir.” Then it was over. Bridges granted the offender’s petition and terminated his registration requirement.

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In re Bunch The state argues on appeal that the trial court exceeded its authority when it terminated the sex offender registration requirement for a petitioner who had not been on the N.C. sex offender registry for at least 10 years (on the grounds that petitioner was never required to register in North Carolina in the first place); however, at the trial court level, the state merely stood silent. The state has failed to preserve its arguments for appeal

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Doe v. Virginia Dep’t of State Police : A defendant who, in 1993 was convicted of carnal knowledge of a minor without use of force, for a relationship with a student under her supervision, does not have standing to challenge changes to Virginia law after 2008 classifying her as a violent sex offender who may not enter her children’s school without permission from local authorities; the 4th Circuit says she first must seek permission for access from the local state court and school board

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State v. Daniels The phrase “at any place” in G.S. § 14-208.18(a)(3) is unconstitutionally vague as applied to defendant with regard to his activities on May 6 and 7, 2009.

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