Wilkerson v. State

Respondent Jenette Wilkerson pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct involving a child in 2010. In 2015, she filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Randolph County, seeking to be removed from the State’s sex-offender registry. The circuit court granted Wilkerson relief. The State appeals, arguing that Wilkerson was obligated to register as a sex offender under federal law, and therefore was not entitled to be removed from the State registry. We reverse.

Factual Background

In February 2010, Wilkerson engaged in consensual sexual intercourse with a thirteen-year-old boy. She was eighteen years old…