Missouri Supreme Court opinion reversing a state trial court finding that Missouri's SORA violated as-applied ex post facto prohibitions.
Doe v. Toelke (Mo. 2012)
Posted: April 28, 2019
Lacy v. Butts (7th Cir. 2019)
Posted: April 28, 2019
7th Circuit Court of Appeals holding that Indiana's treatment program for people incarcerated for a sex offense violated the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Bostic v. D.C. Housing Authority (D.C. Ct. App. 2017).
Posted: April 27, 2019
District of Columbia Court of Appeals opinion holding that the eviction of an individual who was convicted of a 1982 offense and subject to lifetime registration as a sex offender was proper in that it was not contrary to HUD regulations, and was not otherwise preempted.
Gonzalez v. Annucci (N.Y. 2018)
Posted: April 11, 2019
New York Court of Appeals holding that Department of Corrections and Community Supervision complied with statutory duty to assist people convicted of sex offenses in obtaining housing that was compliant with New York's Sexual Assault Reform Act.
Commonwealth v. Feliz (Mass. 2019).
Posted: April 10, 2019
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts holding that state statute requiring the imposition of GPS monitoring as a condition of probation was unconstitutional in the context of the case of an individual who was convicted of non-contact sexual offenses.
Park v. State (Ga. 2019)
Posted: April 10, 2019
Georgia Supreme Court holding that lifetime GPS monitoring of individuals designated as sexually violent predators under state law is unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.
CCRC — PA high court will again review sex offender registration
Posted: April 10, 2019
April 9, 2019 | By Aaron Marcus Two years ago, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court shook up long-settled orthodoxy by ruling that the state’s sex offender registration law, otherwise known as SORNA (Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act) was punishment. The case, Commonwealth v. Muniz, 164 A.3d 1189 (Pa. 2018), presented the Court with two questions: whether …
CCRC — PA high court will again review sex offender registration
Iowa v. Aschbrenner (Iowa 2019)
Posted: April 7, 2019
Iowa Supreme Court Opinion affirming the conviction of Appellant who was charged with violating Internet Identifier reporting requirements over challenges based on Ex Post Facto Clause and First Amendment grounds.