In Re Registrant J.G.

I concur in the Court’s disposition of this appeal in all respects except for its conclusion that in proceedings to determine the proper Megan’s Law tier classification of a juvenile adjudicated to be a delinquent based on his guilty plea, the trial court may find, based on clear and convincing evidence, that an element of the sexual offense was not established. Ante at 330, 777 A.2d at 907-08. That conclusion permits a collateral attack on the order of disposition (which would be a judgment of conviction if J.G. were an adult) that is contrary to law and logic. Hence, I dissent from that…