190 N.C. App. 698 - State v. Sapp’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “[T]he requirement set forth in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 15A-1340.14(e) is not that the statutory wording precisely match, but rather that the offense be 'substantially similar.' "). B. Criminal Sexual Conduct with Minors in the First Degree We do not reach the same conclusion regarding defendant's 1996 South Carolina conviction for criminal sexual conduct with minors in the first degree, which the trial court determined is substantially similar to North Carolina's offenses of statutory rape of a child by an adult, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.23 , and statutory sexual offense with a child by an adult, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-27.28 . We disagree. A person commits the South Carolina offense of criminal sexual conduct with minors in the first degree "if the actor engages in sexual battery with the victim who is less than eleven years of age.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 255 N.C. App. 93 - State v. Bryant

2. “[i]f the State proves by the preponderance of the evidence that an offense classified as either a misdemeanor or a felony in the other jurisdiction is substantially similar to an offense in North Carolina that is classified as a Class I felony or higher, the conviction is treated as that class of felony for assigning prior record level points.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 255 N.C. App. 93 - State v. Bryant