January 2021

State v. Brown (N.J. 2021)

Posted: January 27, 2021

New Jersey Supreme Court opinion holding that enhanced penalties for failure to register passed after an obligation to register arose do not implicate ex post facto provisions of state or federal constitutions.

State v. Brown (N.J. 2021)

United States v. Hamilton (4th Cir. 2021)

Posted: January 22, 2021

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion vacating lifetime supervised release conditions relating to employment where there was no connection between employment and the offense of conviction, but upholding two other conditions related to internet use and presence restrictions.

United States v. Hamilton (4th Cir. 2021)

State v. C.G. (Wis. Ct. App. 2021)

Posted: January 20, 2021

Wisconsin Court of Appeals opinion holding, in the context of an appeal over the stay of a juvenile sex offender registration order, that the inability to change one's name under state law does not implicate the freedom of expression.

State v. C.G. (Wis. Ct. App. 2021)

Maves v. Alaska Dep’t of Public Safety (Alaska 2021)

Posted: January 19, 2021

Supreme Court of Alaska opinion holding that, for the purposes of interpreting the 1994 registration law, convictions that were set aside do not count for registration purposes.

Maves v. Alaska Dep’t of Public Safety (Alaska 2021)

Riley v. State Dep’t of Public Safety (Nev. 2021)

Posted: January 16, 2021

Nevada Supreme Court opinion holding that the rights of an individual who was required to register were not violated when a state trial court refused to grant his petition to terminate his registration status.

Riley v. State Dep’t of Public Safety (Nev. 2021)

White v. LaClair (E.D.N.Y. 2021)

Posted: January 11, 2021

Opinion from the Eastern District of New York holding that being subject to New York's SORA does not satisfy the "in custody" requirement for filing a habeas corpus petition.

White v. LaClair (E.D.N.Y. 2021)

United States v. Ellis (4th Cir. 2021)

Posted: January 9, 2021

4th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion vacating conditions of supervised release banning individual from the internet, and from possessing legal pornography.

United States v. Ellis (4th Cir. 2021)

Brown v. Tarrant County (5th Cir. 2021)

Posted: January 8, 2021

5th Circuit Court of Appeals holding that denial of treatment during twenty-day convinement in a jail cell to individual civilly confined as a SVP did not violate clearly established law, and thus defendants were entitled to qualified immunity.

Brown v. Tarrant County (5th Cir. 2021)

State v. Brown (N.J. 2021)

United States v. Hamilton (4th Cir. 2021)

State v. C.G. (Wis. Ct. App. 2021)

Maves v. Alaska Dep’t of Public Safety (Alaska 2021)

Riley v. State Dep’t of Public Safety (Nev. 2021)

White v. LaClair (E.D.N.Y. 2021)

United States v. Ellis (4th Cir. 2021)

Brown v. Tarrant County (5th Cir. 2021)

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