( CNN ) -- A Steubenville , Ohio , teenager was classified as a sex offender on Friday , six months after he and a fellow high school football player were convicted of raping a drunk 16-year-old girl , a court official said . Judge Thomas Lipps on Friday classified Ma'lik Richmond as a tier II sex offender , Jefferson County , Ohio , juvenile court administrator Joe Colabella said . This is the same status -- between a less restrictive tier I and a more serious tier III -- that Trenton Mays , who was convicted in the same case , received in June . Under his new classification , Richmond is required to report to his local sheriff 's office every six months for the next 20 years . In March , Richmond and Mays -- who were 16 and 17 , respectively , at the time -- were convicted after a trial that divided the football-crazed Rust Belt town of Steubenville . Two teens found guilty in Steubenville rape case . Lurid text messages , social media posts , as well as cell phone pictures and videos helped raise the national profile of the case , which revolved around Richmond and Mays ' actions during a series of end-of-summer parties in August 2012 . It attracted the attention of bloggers , who questioned everything from the behavior of the football team to the integrity of the investigation . At the heart of the case was the question of whether the victim , who testified she remembered little , was too drunk to understand what was happening to her and to consent . Defense attorneys questioned the victim 's credibility , as well as whether media coverage of the case tainted testimony . Prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter agreed the girl was `` substantially impaired , '' before adding , `` The things that made her an imperfect witness -- that she does n't remember a lot -- made her , in every sense of the word , a perfect victim . '' Lipps , a visiting juvenile judge from another Ohio county , ultimately made the verdict in the case , which was not tried before a jury . Richmond was sentenced to a minimum of one year in a juvenile correctional facility . Mays , who was additionally found guilty of disseminating a nude photo of a minor , got two years . The Department of Youth Services will rule whether the two boys will be detained even longer than those prescribed sentences , Lipps said , adding it will depend on their behavior and rehabilitation . Read more : How to talk to your son about rape . Read more : How to help and support young rape victims .
An Ohio judge classifies Ma'lik Richmond as a tier II sex offender . Trenton Mays , who was convicted in the same case , got the same classification . Both teens were found guilty of rape in a case that divided their community . Cell phone pictures , social media posts helped bring national attention to case .