State ex rel. T.M.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

LaVECCHIA, J.

On April 26, 1995, T.M., a mildly retarded juvenile, was adjudicated delinquent based on acts that, if committed by an adult, would constitute fourth-degree criminal sexual contact under N.J.S.A. 2C:14-3b. Three years later, he moved to vacate the guilty plea when he learned that he would have to register as a sex offender under New Jersey’s Registration and Community Notification Laws, N.J.S.A. 2C:7-1 to -11 (generally referred to as Megan’s Law). T.M. alleged that he did not enter his plea knowingly and voluntarily and that the plea…