Court Opinion

ID: 9678901
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 06:35:36.936738+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:08.862425
License: Public Domain

MOORE, Judge,
Concurring in Result.
Unfortunately, based upon the statutes at issue enacted by the General Assembly, I am bound to agree with the majority’s analysis of this case. I write separately only to note that in the case at hand, whatever leniency was intended toward juvenile offenders in not requiring lifetime registration as sexual offenders seems to have resulted in an injustice under the facts of this case.
*204Dever agreed to be tried as an adult for sexual acts he committed on his nieces who were six and seven years of age. This strikes me as a fact pattern where leniency is not warranted toward a juvenile offender. Nonetheless, I cannot disagree with the majority’s analysis of this matter based on the clear language of the statutes at hand, which grant leniency to Dever, having committed these acts before he reached the age of majority. Hopefully, it will not be to the detriment of other children.