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Sex offender registration

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February 22, 2008, 11:49
ssimpson
Sex offender registration
We have a case where a defendant was convicted of unlawful restraint. The plea does not have an affirmative finding that the child restrained was under 17. Local police were saying that the defendant had to register, because the plea paperwork lists the victim as under 17. I told them that was not sufficient. They called DPS and DPS advised them that the defendant DOES have to register. I am confident that without the Affirmative finding in the judgement (or stated by the judge or in the plea paperwork), that this is not a registerable offense. Has anyone else had this come up? What is your take on it?