State v. Barnett

ERVIN, Justice.

Defendant Keith Antonio Barnett was convicted of violating the sex offender registration laws and resisting, delaying, and obstructing a public officer. A unanimous panel of the Court of Appeals vacated defendant’s sex offender registration conviction. We now reverse that decision of the Court of Appeals.

Defendant is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to the North Carolina Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program because of a 1997 felony conviction for taking indecent liberties with a child. On 6 January 2010, defendant pleaded guilty to and was…