Legal Opinion
State v. Packingham
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided August 20, 2013No. COA12-1287PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELMORE, Judge.
Lester Gerard Packingham (defendant), a registered sex offender, appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury conviction for accessing a commercial social networking Web site, pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202.5 (2011). Defendant challenges the statute as unconstitutional. For the reasons stated herein, we agree. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment of the trial court.
I. Background
Chapter 14, Article 27A of our general statutes governs the Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Programs (the Registry). “The General Assembly recognizes that sex offenders often pose a…
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