The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that a man who previously pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his 6-year-old daughter does not have to register as a sex offender because he was later deemed rehabilitated and pardoned.

In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Michael Boggs, the high court has reversed a Chatham County Superior Court judge who had said Barry Craig Davis was required to inform authorities when he moved from Savannah to Charlotte, North Carolina, after completing his sentence. Defense attorneys for Davis appealed, arguing that he no longer had to inform the Chatham County sheriff of his address and travels because the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles had granted him a pardon.