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Court: Man involved with sheep not a sex offender
Comments 0 | Recommend 0LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Michigan Court of Appeals says a Battle Creek man who pleaded no contest to sodomizing a sheep doesn't have to register as a sex offender.
Jeffrey Haynes had argued the state registry is intended to keep track of people who have committed crimes against people under age 18.
The appeals court released a ruling Wednesday in Haynes' favor. The court vacated a Calhoun County judge's order that Haynes must register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.
The 45-year-old is serving 2½ to 20 years in prison.
A no contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes.
Haynes has prior convictions for burglary, home invasion and uttering and publishing.
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