State v. Barnett

HUDSON, Justice.

Defendant James Anthony Barnett, Jr. was convicted by a jury on 16 July 2014 of a number of offenses, including attempted second-degree rape. At sentencing, the trial court entered a “Convicted Sex Offender Permanent No Contact Order” under N.C.G.S. § 15A-1340.50, prohibiting defendant from any interaction with the victim. Here we must decide whether the trial court has authority to include in such an order the names of individuals other than the original victim, and if so, under what circumstances. We conclude that the court does have that authority, if supported by…