Iowa Supreme Court opinion reversing and remanding a trial court opinion denying Appellant's petition to be removed from the registry after he had met the statutory criteria.
Fortune v. State (Iowa 2021)
Posted: April 12, 2021
Harrison v. Wyoming (Wyo. 2021)
Posted: March 9, 2021
Wyoming Supreme Court opinion holding that appellant was not eligible to petition for removal from state registry on the basis that he had not registered for 25 years under state law, fact that his conviction occurred 25 years ago notwithstanding.
Riley v. State Dep’t of Public Safety (Nev. 2021)
Posted: January 16, 2021
Nevada Supreme Court opinion holding that the rights of an individual who was required to register were not violated when a state trial court refused to grant his petition to terminate his registration status.
Hixson v. Missouri State Highway Patrol (Mo. Ct. App. 2020)
Posted: November 12, 2020
Missouri Court of Appeals opinion affirming the decision of a lower court that a Missouri resident was ineligble to seek removal from Missouri's sex offense registry despite his removal from Illinois' sex offense registry.
McCulley v. People (Colo. 2020)
Posted: May 15, 2020
Colorado Supreme Court opinion finding that a deferred judgment does not count as a conviction for the purposes of a prohibition on a petition for removal from Colorado's sex offense registry for those with more than one conviction for unlawful sexual behavior.
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.
In re H.D. (N.J. 2020)
Posted: March 18, 2020
New Jersey Supreme Court opinion holding that legislature did intend for minor, non-sexual offenses committed subsequent to a conviction for a sexual offense to forever bar relief for those seeking to be able to deregister.
Peele v. State (Ind. Ct. App. 2020)
Posted: January 25, 2020
Court of Appeals of Indiana reversing a trial court dismissal of a petition for removal from Indiana's sex offense registry on the basis that the trial court erroneously concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction.
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.
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.