BRYANT, Judge.
Where the record reveals that defendant's guilty plea was knowing and voluntary, the trial court does not err in accepting the plea. However, where a trial court's determination that a defendant's eligibility for lifetime satellite-based monitoring under N.C.G.S. § 14-208.40A relies on the underlying facts giving rise to a conviction rather than on the elements of the offense, it errs and the order must be vacated.
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