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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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State v. Beam (Mont. 2020)

State v. Trujillo (Ariz. 2020)

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

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

Mathews v. Becerra (Cal. 2019)

Doe v. Connors (HI 2019)

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

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

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

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

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