STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2019 KW 0616 VERSUS

CLEVELAND THORNTON SEP 17 2019 In Re: Cleveland Thornton, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 10- 17- 0680.

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C. J., GUIDRY AND CRAIN, JJ.

WRIT DENIED.

VGW Wic

Guidry, J., dissents. Relator should not have been required to register as a sex offender under La. R. S.

15: 542( A)( 2), which requires registration and notification for a juvenile who has pled guilty or been convicted of a sex offense provided for in Children' s Code Articles 305 and 857. Through a guilty plea, relator was convicted of indecent behavior with juveniles, an offense not listed in Article 305 or as a transfer basis in Article 857. See State v. Newton, 2012- 510 ( La. App. 3rd Cir. 2/ 13/ 13), 129 So. 3d 11, writ denied, 2013- 0595 ( La. 10/ 11/ 13), 123 So. 3d 1214. Accordingly, the trial court' s denial of relator' s motion to quash should be reversed.

C RT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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