STATE v. ABSHIRE

No. 459A08.

677 S.E.2d 444 (2009)

STATE of North Carolina v. Patricia Dawn ABSHIRE.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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


BRADY, Justice.

The sole issue before the Court is whether the State presented sufficient evidence that convicted sex offender Patricia Dawn Abshire (defendant) changed her address so as to trigger the reporting requirements of North Carolina's Sex Offender and Public Protection Registration Program (registration program). See N.C.G.S. §§ 14-208.7, -208.9, -208.11 (2005).1 In response to the threat to public safety posed...

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