![]() ![]() For example, indecent exposure is a felony in certain circumstances when the defendant is at least 18 and the victim is less than 16. Other statutes avoid the word minor altogether and instead spell out a specific threshold for the age of the relevant victim. Subsection (c) then refers to “the minor” more generally, but it is clearly referring back to the persons under 16 described in subsection (a). ![]() 14-50.18 on soliciting a minor to participate in gang activity actually refers to the encouragement, solicitation, or coercion of persons under 16 years of age to participate in criminal gang activity. Some statutes use the word minor without further definition, but the context indicates they are actually referring to subclass of young people. 14-43.10(4) (human trafficking, which also governs involuntary servitude, sexual servitude, and sale of a minor), G.S. 14-190.13(3) defines “minor” for specified obscenity and sexual exploitation crimes as “n individual who is less than 18 years old and is not married or judicially emancipated.” (My colleague Sara DePasquale wrote about judicial emancipation here.) Same for G.S. ![]() Sometimes a criminal statute does have a specific definition of minor. 48A-2: “A minor is any person who has not reached the age of 18 years.” In the absence of a more specific definition in a particular statutory context, that’s likely the rule-a person age 17 and under is a minor. The general definition of a minor in North Carolina comes from G.S. Confusingly, the age of “majority” does not usually match up with the age of juvenile jurisdiction or the “age of consent” for various statutory sex crimes. Probation conditions that prohibit residing with a minor. Sex offender registration and satellite-based monitoring. The question comes up in different contexts. Various criminal law provisions use the word “minor.” What is a minor? ![]()
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