[fooman]

that law stinks if I understand it correctly. It all boils down to if one was ever charged with a serious crime, they must register.

[GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY]

There appears to be an out in the text of the statute:

(II) If a person is originally charged with unlawful sexual behavior or with an offense that meets the description in sub-subparagraph (A) or (B) of subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (c), the court may accept a plea agreement to an offense that does not constitute unlawful sexual behavior only if:

(A) The district attorney stipulates that the underlying factual basis of the offense to which the person is pleading guilty does not involve unlawful sexual behavior; or

Seems to me the DA could go in there and claim that hte underlying factual basis of the simple assault offense was not unlawful sexual behavior, but was something else -- he merely stuck her with force and it had nothing to do with sex or something.

[ArmstedFragg]

It all boils down to if one was ever charged with a serious crime, they must register.

That's close. Actually, if one is charged and the DA agrees the facts don't constitute a sex crime, then registration is not required.

A plea here is going to involve some heavy tap-dancing being done by all. Or maybe this'll go the dismissal route.