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
Selig v. Russell (Mo. Ct. App. 2020)
Posted: April 22, 2020
Missouri Court of Appeals opinion finding that offenses requiring registration under federal law would also require registration under state law, even if they are specifically exempted in the state's registration statute.
United States v. Wass (4th Cir. 2020)
Posted: March 25, 2020
4th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion reversing dismissal of federal indictment for failure to register, finding that non-delegation principles were not violated, and that federal SORNA was not puntive.
United States v. Clark (8th Cir. 2020)
Posted: February 16, 2020
8th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion holding that trial court's instructions on 'knowing' with respect to a federal failure to register offense were not in error and did not require that the jury disregard Appellant's mistake-of-fact defense.
Thomas v. Blocker (3rd Cir. 2020)
Posted: January 30, 2020
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals affirming denial of preliminary injunction, holding that federal law imposed independent registration requirements on Appellant even if state law would not otherwise require registration.
United State v. Helton (4th Cir. 2019)
Posted: December 9, 2019
4th Circuit Court of Appeals holding that a violation of South Carolina's voyeurism statute constitutes a "sex offense" for the purposes of federal SORNA.
Jackson v. United States (11th Cir. 2019)
Posted: November 20, 2019
11th Circuit Court of Appeals finding no ineffective assistance of counsel where, despite advice that plea agreement would not require registration as a sex offender, counsel could not have anticipated subsequent changes in the law.
United States v. Doby (D. Kan. 2019)
Posted: November 9, 2019
Federal District Court for the District of Kansas rejecting defendant's pre-trial argument that federal SORNA constitutes compelled speech in the context of a failure to register indictment.
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.
Wiggins v. United States (S.D. Ind. 2019)
Posted: October 10, 2019
Federal trial court dismissing request to reduce registration time under federal SORNA on the basis that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, and that the federal statute does not create a private right of action.