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Recent Cases

  • In re Gadlin (Cal. 2020)

  • In re Commitment of Stephenson (Wis. 2020)

  • State v. Batson (Wash. 2020)

  • State v. Genson (Kan. Ct. App. 2020)

  • In re Stoddard (Tex. 2020)

  • Does v. Wasden (9th Cir. 2020)

  • State v. Townsend (Ohio 2020)

  • United States v. Bobal (11th Cir. 2020)

  • Johnson v. Superintendent (N.Y. 2020)

  • Hixson v. Missouri State Highway Patrol (Mo. Ct. App. 2020)

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Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center

875 Summit Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105

Professor Eric Janus, Director

eric.janus@mitchellhamline.edu

Guy Hamilton-Smith, Legal Fellow

guy.hamiltonsmith@mitchellhamline.edu

State v. Beam (Mont. 2020)

Posted: June 15, 2020
Montana Supreme Court Opinion reversing the trial court's decision to revoke a suspended sentence for failing to complete a treatment program in prison when the original sentence did not specify that was a requirement.

State v. Beam (Mont. 2020)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 9th Cir., Conditions of Release, Montana, Treatment Programs

State v. Trujillo (Ariz. 2020)

Posted: May 15, 2020
Arizona Supreme Court opinion holding that Arizona's sex offense registration statute is non-punitive and that registration could be required even when facts triggering registration were not proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

State v. Trujillo (Ariz. 2020)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 9th Cir., Apprendi / Alleyne, Arizona, Ex Post Facto

Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Cal. Ct. App. 3rd 2020)

Posted: February 14, 2020
California Court of Appeal decision finding that California state regulations excluding those convicted of non-violent sex offenses from parole eligibility contradicted plain text of a ballot initiatve, and thus was unlawful.

Alliance for Constitutional Sex Offense Laws v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Cal. Ct. App. 3rd 2020)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 9th Cir., California, Parole

State v. Reynolds (Wash. Ct. App. 2020)

Posted: February 5, 2020
Washington Court of Appeals vacating conviction for failure to register, where registration depended on foreign state law and thus violated principles of nondelegation.

State v. Reynolds (Wash. Ct. App. 2020)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 9th Cir., Failure to Register, Nondelegation, Washington

Mathews v. Becerra (Cal. 2019)

Posted: January 1, 2020
California Supreme Court Opinion holding that a lawsuit brought by therapists challenging a state law that mandated reporting to authorities whenever a client disclosed viewing illegal images to them stated a cognizable privacy claim under the California state constitution.

Mathews v. Becerra (Cal. 2019)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 14th Amendment, 9th Cir., California

Doe v. Connors (HI 2019)

Posted: December 16, 2019
Hawaii Supreme Court reversing an administrative finding that Petitioner's out-of-state offense would qualify for registration, where the record was unclear as to whether the elements of Petitioner's offense would satisfy Hawaii statutory requirements.

Doe v. Connors (HI 2019)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 9th Cir., Hawaii, Out-of-state Offense

Does v. City of San Diego (S.D. Cal. 2019)

Posted: November 21, 2019
Federal District Court for the Southern District of California finding that local San Diego ordinance enacting residential banishment laws for people convicted of sex offenses was preempted by state law.

Does v. City of San Diego (S.D. Cal. 2019)

Category: Residency Cases Tag: 9th Cir., California, Preemption

People v. Superior Court (Cal. Ct. App. 2019)

Posted: November 9, 2019
California Court of Appeal affirming the dismissal of an SVP petition, where the state relied on inadmissible hearsay in the form of expert evaluator reports to meet their burden of proof.

People v. Superior Court (Cal. Ct. App. 2019)

Category: Civil Commitment Cases Tag: 9th Cir., California, Hearsay

United States v. Dailey (9th Cir. 2019)

Posted: November 4, 2019
9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissing as waived arguments that the district court's determination that a defendant who pled guilty to a Travel Act violation must register as a sex offender, where the plea agreement contained an appellate waiver and the sentence was not otherwise illegal.

United States v. Dailey (9th Cir. 2019)

Category: SORN Cases Tag: 9th Cir., Appellate Waiver, AWA, Nevada, SORNA Residual Clause

State v. Lafountain (Or. Ct. App. 2019)

Posted: September 16, 2019
Oregon Court of Appeals ruling that "residence" means something more than a temporary shelter or jail cell, in finding the state's evidence legally insufficient to convict a defendant of railing to register.

State v. Lafountain (Or. Ct. App. 2019)

Category: Residency Cases Tag: 9th Cir., Homelessness, Housing, Oregon

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