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Sex Offender Registration is Required Even When Adjudication is Withheld

By Ron Chapman

          In the case of Peter Price versus the State of Florida, the issue was whether Mr. Price was a sex offender who had to register under Florida law even though adjudication was withheld in his case.             The relevant facts of this case are that in 1994 Mr. Price pled nolo contendere to two counts of lewd and lascivious assault upon a child.  Both crimes were committed between 1987 and 1990.  The judge withheld adjudication and sentenced Price to five years of probation.  In 1999, Price successfully completed probation.             In 2008, Price was charged with committing the crime of failing to register as a sex offender...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on December 28, 2010 (boomark / email).