In re: Timberlake

McCULLOUGH, Judge.

Wesley Marshall Timberlake ("petitioner") appeals from an amended order denying his petition to terminate sex offender registration. For the following reasons, we vacate the amended order.

I. Background

Petitioner was convicted of assault with intent to commit second-degree criminal sexual conduct in South Carolina on 16 November 1995. Upon his release from prison, petitioner moved to North Carolina and first registered as a sex offender on 2 March 2004.

On 10 June 2014, petitioner filed a petition for termination of his sex offender registration in Franklin County. The matter…