State v. Cooper

DIETZ, Judge.

Defendant Orlando Cooper appeals the trial court's imposition of lifetime satellite-based monitoring. We vacate the trial court's order for the reasons discussed in State v. Griffin , --- N.C. App. ----, 818 S.E.2d 336 (2018).

In Griffin , this Court held that the Fourth Amendment prohibits a trial court from imposing lifetime satellite-based monitoring on a convicted sex offender unless the State presents evidence that this type of monitoring "is effective to protect the public from sex offenders." Id. at ----, 818 S.E.2d at 337. The Court further held that the efficacy of…