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Final Copy 288 Ga. 169

S10A0813. WIGGINS v. THE STATE. BENHAM, Justice. Appellant Paul Wiggins, Jr., was found guilty of and sentenced for cruelty to children and violation of an oath of public office, and those convictions were affirmed on appeal. See Wiggins v. State, 280 Ga. 268 (626 SE2d 118) (2006); Wiggins v. State, 279 Ga. App. 901 (633 SE2d 381) (2006), and Wiggins v. State, 272 Ga. App. 414 (612 SE2d 598) (2005). Following his unsuccessful effort to obtain a writ of habeas corpus, appellant filed in the court of conviction a motion to strike what he alleged was an illegal sentence, asserting that the special condition of probation imposed by the trial court that required he register as a sex offender was illegal because the statute that authorized the special condition is unconstitutional. After the trial court denied the motion, he filed this appeal. Appellant contends the sentencing court's imposition of a requirement that appellant register as a sex offender for the rest of his life is an illegal sentence because OCGA

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