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Fazili v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2019)

Posted: December 9, 2019

Virginia Court of Appeals reversing trial court's imposition of general internet usage restriction as a condition of probation without articulating why such a condition would be narrowly tailored.

Fazili v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2019)

State v. Hoyle (W.Va. 2019)

Posted: November 27, 2019

West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals opinion finding that state registration scheme was not vague, that a 10-25 year sentence for failing to provide a correct phone number pursuant to that scheme was not disproportionate, but that a recidivist life sentence enhancement did violate the 8th Amendment.

State v. Hoyle (W.Va. 2019)

State v. Grady (N.C. 2019)

Posted: August 16, 2019

North Carolina Supreme Court opinion holding that imposition of mandatory, lifetime GPS monitoring imposed on individuals who North Carolina classified as recidivist offenders and who were no longer under state criminal supervision was a violation of the Fourth Amendment.

State v. Grady (N.C. 2019)

Bailey v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2019)

Posted: August 1, 2019

Virginia Court of Appeals affirming conviction and upholding state law that required registration of internet identifiers.

Bailey v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2019)

United States v. White (4th Cir. 2019)

Posted: June 29, 2019

4th Circuit Court of Appeals holding that district court lacked the authority to dismiss a commitment proceeding against someone who was not competent to stand trial, and that furthermore such a commitment proceeding would not offend Due Process protections.

United States v. White (4th Cir. 2019)

Thomas v. Commonwealth (Va. 2019)

Posted: June 29, 2019

Virginia Supreme Court holding that Due Process does not require the state appoint expert witnesses for indigent respondents in the context of SVP hearings.

Thomas v. Commonwealth (Va. 2019)

Mohamed v. Holder (4th Cir. 2014)

Posted: June 12, 2019

4th Circuit Court of Appeals holding that failing to register as a sex offender does not constitute a "crime involving moral turpitude" for immigration and removal purposes.

Mohamed v. Holder (4th Cir. 2014)

Matter of Chapman (S.C. 2017)

Posted: June 12, 2019

South Carolina Supreme Court holding that there is both a statutory and constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel in SVP proceedings.

Matter of Chapman (S.C. 2017)

Meredith v. Stein (E.D. N.C. 2019)

Posted: June 11, 2019

Federal trial court in North Carolina Judgment and Consent Order precluding the registration of an individual convicted of out-of-state without an opportunity to be heard.

Meredith v. Stein (E.D. N.C. 2019)

Doe v. Virginia State Police (4th Cir. 2013)

Posted: April 29, 2019

4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the dismissal of civil rights complaint challenging's Doe's reclassification as a sexually violent offender on standing, ripeness, and Procedural Due Process grounds.

Doe v. Virginia State Police (4th Cir. 2013)

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Fazili v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2019)

State v. Hoyle (W.Va. 2019)

State v. Grady (N.C. 2019)

Bailey v. Commonwealth (Va. Ct. App. 2019)

United States v. White (4th Cir. 2019)

Thomas v. Commonwealth (Va. 2019)

Mohamed v. Holder (4th Cir. 2014)

Matter of Chapman (S.C. 2017)

Meredith v. Stein (E.D. N.C. 2019)

Doe v. Virginia State Police (4th Cir. 2013)

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