Opinion ID: 2349828
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Sex Offender Registration

Text: Appellant also claims that his conviction of misdemeanor sexual abuse required him to register as a sex offender under D.C. Code § 22-4014 and thus elevated his crime from petty to serious, thereby necessitating a jury trial. Once again appellant misreads the relevant statute. Under D.C. Code § 22-4016(b)(3) (2001), a misdemeanor offense committed against an adult does not require registration unless sex offender registration was part of a plea agreement. Because Ms. Cilaire was a forty-two-year-old adult, and because appellant's conviction did not involve a plea bargain of any kind, his conviction imposes no obligation on him to register. His claim of entitlement to a jury trial on this ground is thus entirely without foundation.