Juveniles — sex offender registration

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Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Civil

Juveniles — sex offender registration

Niko C., pled guilty to first-degree sexual assault of a child, see Wis. Stat. § 948.02(1)(c) (“Whoever has sexual intercourse with a person who has not attained the age of 16 years by use or threat of force or violence is guilty of a Class B felony.”). His victim was a fifteen-year-old girl, and he was fourteen. Niko C. does not contest either his plea or the circuit court’s adjudication of him as a delinquent. Rather, he appeals the circuit courts’ orders (1) requiring him to register as a sex offender, see Wis. Stat. §§ 938.34(15m)(bm), 938.34(15m)(c), & 301.45, Wis. Stat. § 938.34(16) (stay of disposition orders); and (2) denying his motion for postdisposition relief. The Honorable Pedro Colon accepted Niko C.’s guilty plea and entered the sex-offender-registration order. The Honorable Michael J. Dwyer denied Niko C.’s motion for postdisposition relief.

Niko C. contends that Judge Colon erroneously exercised his discretion by allegedly: (1) not considering the required statutory factors; and (2) relying on information that Niko C. argues was not accurate. Niko C. also contends that Judge Dwyer erroneously determined that this was not new evidence warranting a modification of Judge Colon’s order directing that Niko C. register as a sex offender: (1) an evaluation of Niko C. that was done after the entry of Judge Colon’s order; and (2) studies purporting to show that registration of juvenile offenders was not good for either them or for society. We affirm. This opinion will not be published.

2013AP1393 In the interest of Niko C.

Dist I, Milwaukee County, Colon, Dwyer, J., Fine, J.

Attorneys: For Appellant: Alesia, Susan E., Madison; For Respondent: Kornblum, Lori S., Milwaukee