5th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion vacating a federal conviction for failure to register, where the Appellant was no longer required to comply with federal SORNA.
United States v. Montgomery (5th Cir. 2020)
Posted: July 20, 2020
Hearn v. Vasquez (W.D. Tex. 2020)
Posted: May 31, 2020
Texas federal trial court finding that changes in the law mandating registration subsequent to a plea agreement where registration was not contemplated did not violate contractual Due Process rights, and that the claims were time barred.
United States v. Richards (10th Cir. 2020)
Posted: May 27, 2020
10th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion holding that a defendant's objection to a polygraph requirement in his supervision conditions on 5th Amendment grounds was premature.
In re Bluitt (Tex. 2020)
Posted: May 17, 2020
Texas Supreme Court decision holding that in a SVP proceeding, the right to appear at trial means physical presence.
In re Jones (Tex. 2020)
Posted: May 1, 2020
Texas Supreme Court opinion finding that, while it was error not to submit a jury instruction in a SVP trial informing the jury that they did not need to reach a unanimous verdict to find for the Petitioner, this error was harmless.
United States v. Herndon (5th Cir. 2020)
Posted: March 25, 2020
5th Circuit Court of Appeals vacating various conditions of supervised release imposing bans on internet access, computer use, and other activities and remanding for re-sentencing.
McClain v. State (Tex. Ct. App. 2020)
Posted: March 1, 2020
Texas Court of Appeals opinion reversing trial court's order revoking the supervision of Appellant and imposing a life sentence of imprisonment for failing to register, where the state failed to establish that Appellant knew he had a duty to register in his circumstances and where police interfered with his attempts to comply with the law.
Lozier v. State (Miss. 2019)
Posted: November 4, 2019
Mississippi Supreme Court opinion affirming the trial court's denial of a petition to deregister under Mississippi state law, where the Appellant had not yet met the state statutory criteria for termination of his duty to register, and where the Full Faith and Credit clause did not mandate that Mississippi honor Massachusetts' determination that the Appellant no longer had to register in Massachusetts.
State ex rel A.N. (La. 2019)
Posted: October 23, 2019
Louisiana Supreme Court opinion declining, on procedural grounds, to address argument that juvenile sex offense registration violates 8th Amendment.
Ferguson v. Mississippi Dep’t Pub. Safety (Miss. 2019)
Posted: September 29, 2019
Mississippi Supreme Court opinion holding that, under Mississippi state law, a misdemeanor expungement for a sex offense does not relieve an individual of the obligation to register as a sex offender.