State v. G.L.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PAYNE, J.A.D.

In 1995, defendant, G.L., at age seventeen, pled guilty to conduct that, had he been an adult, would have constituted first-degree aggravated sexual assault on a twelve-year-old in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2a(l).1 As a result of the offense, defendant, who was given a three-year suspended sentence and two years of probation, was subject to Megan’s Law, N.J.S.A. 2C:7-1 to -23, which had been enacted in the previous year and was effective on October 31, 1994. Accordingly, defendant registered with the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office on…