Texas Supreme Court decision holding that in a SVP proceeding, the right to appear at trial means physical presence.
In re Bluitt (Tex. 2020)
Posted: May 17, 2020
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.
Meza v. Livingston (5th Cir. 2010)
Posted: June 11, 2019
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirming that sex offender registration implicates a protected liberty interest and that Due Process is violated when someone not convicted of a sex offense is required to register as a sex offender without a hearing and other protections.
Doe v. Jindal (E.D. La. 2015)
Posted: April 28, 2019
Federal trial court in Louisiana dismissing a lawsuit alleging violations of Due Process and Equal Protection based on treatment of out of state conviction.
Ex Parte Odom (Tex. Ct. App. 2018)
Posted: February 20, 2019
Texas Court of Appeals affirming the trial court's denial of a constitutional challenge to a provision of Texas law that requires people required to register as sex offenders also register their internet identifiers.