STATE v. ABSHIRE

No. COA07-1185.

666 S.E.2d 657 (2008)

STATE of North Carolina v. Patricia Dawn ABSHIRE, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 16, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General J. Joy Strickland, for the State.

James N. Freeman, Jr., Elkin, for defendant.


ELMORE, Judge.

On 28 February 2007, Patricia Dawn Abshire (defendant) was convicted by a jury of failing to comply with sex offender registration in violation of N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-208.11. Defendant received a sentence of thirteen to sixteen months' imprisonment. Her sentence was suspended for eighteen months and she was placed on supervised probation. Defendant now appeals. For the reasons stated below, we vacate her conviction.

I. Background

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