Prep grad to appeal sex assault conviction; will challenge computer charge, sex offender list
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The graduate of an elite New Hampshire prep school convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old classmate says he'll appeal to the state's highest court.
Owen Labrie's lawyers say the trial judge shouldn't have allowed a felony count of using a computer to lure the girl.
They also said in a notice of appeal filed Wednesday they will challenge whether Labrie should have been ordered to register as a sex offender for life. They have said the registration shouldn't apply because the 20-year-old Labrie was acquitted of rape, and that legislators meant the law to apply to adults preying on children.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Labrie, of Tunbridge, Vermont, was 18 at the time of the 2014 encounter with the girl at St. Paul's School in Concord. He also was convicted of misdemeanor sexual assault.