State v. Abshire

BRADY, Justice.

The sole issue before the Court is whether the State presented sufficient evidence that convicted sex offender Patricia Dawn Abshire (defendant) changed her address so as to trigger the reporting requirements of North Carolina’s Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program (registration program). See N.C.G.S. §§ 14-208.7, -208.9, -208.11 (2005). 1 In response to the threat to public safety posed by the recidivist tendencies of convicted sex offenders, “North Carolina, like every other state in the nation, enacted a sex offender registration program to protect the…