State v. Bullock

TERNUS, Justice.

After a four-day jury trial, the defendant, Daunte Bullock, was convicted of first-degree burglary and second-degree sexual abuse. The district court merged the sexual-abuse conviction into the burglary conviction and sentenced the defendant to an indeterminate term of incarceration on the burglary charge. The court also ordered the defendant to register “as a sex offender for the remainder of his life.”

The State appealed the trial court’s merger decision. The defendant cross-appealed the court’s order that he register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. We conclude…