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STATE v. PACKINGHAM

No. COA12-1287.

748 S.E.2d 146 (2013)

STATE of North Carolina v. Lester Gerard PACKINGHAM.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 20, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Assistant Attorney General David L. Elliott , for the State.

Glenn Gerding , for defendant.

ELMORE, Judge.

Lester Gerard Packingham (defendant), a registered sex offender, appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury conviction for accessing a commercial social networking Web site, pursuant to N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-202.5 (2011). Defendant challenges the statute as unconstitutional. For the reasons stated herein, we agree. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment of the trial court.

I. Background

Chapter 14, Article 27A of our general...

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