State v. Orr

OPINION

WECHSLER, Judge.

Defendant Brett Orr appeals his conviction for failure to register as a sex offender in violation ofNMSA 1978, Section 29-11A-4 (2005). The sole issue on appeal is whether Defendant’s conviction for “talcing indecent liberties with children” in North Carolina is equivalent to any of the twelve enumerated offenses under the New Mexico Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), NMSA 1978, §§ 29-11A-1 to -10 (1995, as amended through 2007). Relying upon State v. Hall (Hall II), 2013-NMSC-001, 294 P.3d 1235, we hold that an out-of-state offense is “equivalent”…