State v. Blue

ELMORE, Judge.

*260 Malcolm Sinclair Blue (defendant) appeals from the trial court's order requiring him to enroll in Satellite-Based Monitoring (SBM) and to register as a sex offender for his natural life. After careful review, we reverse and remand.

I. Background

In 2006, the North Carolina General Assembly established a sex offender monitoring program that uses a continuous satellite-based monitoring system to monitor three categories of sexual offenders. N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-208.40 et seq. (2015). For nearly a decade, the SBM program survived constitutional challenges. See, e.g., State v.…