State v. Pathod

The State of Nebraska filed an application for leave to docket an appeal under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2315.01 (Reissue 1995). The issue is whether a district court, when sentencing a defendant, must advise and provide written notification of the requirements of Nebraska’s Sex Offender Registration Act (the Act), Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-4001 et seq. (Cum. Supp. 2002). We determine that the court must provide written notification at sentencing. It also must provide copies of the notification and journal entry to various parties. But we also conclude that the failure to do so was harmless because the…