State v. Braswell

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where it is uncontroverted that defendant never received the semi-annual notice to verify his sex offender registration information, the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the charge of failing to register as a sex offender by failing to verify his address.

I. Factual Background and Procedural History

The evidence presented in this case is substantially uncontested and consistent. On 18 February 1999, Michael Braswell (defendant) was convicted of the felony of taking indecent liberties with a child. In November of 2000, defendant was placed on the Sex Offender…