10th Circuit opinion rejecting as-applied Ex Post Facto challenge to Oklahoma SORN.
Shaw v. Patton (10th Cir. 2016)
Posted: December 20, 2018
State v. Clemens (Neb. 2018)
Posted: December 20, 2018
Nebraska Supreme Court holding that, under plain reading of state law, anyone who was required to register in another jurisdiction would also be required to register in Nebraska.
State v. Davis (Ga. 2018)
Posted: December 20, 2018
Georgia Supreme Court opinion holding that pardon from Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles relieved defendant of requirement that he abide by state SORN law.
State v. Grady (N.C. Ct. App. 2018)
Posted: December 20, 2018
North Carolina Court of Appeals holding that, absent evidence of effectiveness, imposing GPS monitoring on person required to register would be a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
State v. Griffin (N.C. Ct. App. 2020)
Posted: December 20, 2018
North Carolina Court of Appeals holding that in light of prior precedent, where state offers no evidence that GPS monitoring is effective in preventing crimes, imposing it on defendant is a violation of the Fourth Amendment.
State v. Habtai (Wash. Ct. App. Div. I 2018)
Posted: December 20, 2018
Washington Court of Appeals holding that, since state SORN was non-punitive, appellant was not deprived of right to jury trial when he was ordered to register, fact that neither plea nor element of the offense specified age of victim or biological relationship notwithstanding.
State v. Petersen-Beard (Kan. 2016)
Posted: December 20, 2018
Kansas Supreme Court opinion overruling decisions issued the same day, ultimately holding that the Kansas state SORN law was not sufficiently punitive so as to be subject to Ex Post Facto prohibitions.
United States v. Holena (3rd Cir. 2018)
Posted: December 19, 2018
Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in context of revocation of Supervised Release, reversed imposition of lifetime internet use ban.
Weida v. State (Ind. 2018)
Posted: December 19, 2018
Indiana Supreme Court holding that requirement that person on supervision for sex offense obtain approval from probation officer to access internet was unreasonable.
People v. Pepitone (Ill. 2018)
Posted: December 19, 2018
Illinois Supreme Court holding that presence bans for people convicted of sex offenses was not unconstitutional.