Court Opinion

ID: 9797363
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 04:19:07.150506+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:54:37.518058
License: Public Domain

Rose, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part:
I concur in the majority’s decision that the loss of a professional license is a collateral effect of a guilty plea to a sex crime, but I conclude that NRS 176.0927 makes the requirement that a sex offender register a direct consequence of a guilty plea to a sex crime. This statute mandates that the district court inform the defendant of the registration requirements “before imposing sentence,” and further mandates that the defendant read and sign a form acknowledging the registration requirements.
By statute, a sex offender must be informed of the registration requirements before sentencing. But a sentence is a direct result of a defendant’s guilty plea. Thus, I would hold that the legislature required that registration be acknowledged as a direct consequence of the plea process, even before formal sentencing. Because Nollette was not informed of this direct consequence before he pleaded guilty, his guilty plea is infirm and should be set aside and the case remanded for trial.