Maine Supreme Judicial Court affirmed trial court dismissal of prosecution for failure to comply with 1999 amendments to state SORN law, pursuant to Ex Post Facto clause.
State v. Letalien (Maine 2009)
Posted: October 27, 2017
Clark v. Ryan (9th Cir. 2016)
Posted: October 27, 2017
9th Circuit affirmed federal district court dismissal of habeas corpus petition, state court application of Smith v. Doe was not unreasonable in ex post facto challenge.
Doe v. Dep’t of Public Safety and Correctional Services (Md. 2013)
Posted: October 27, 2017
State court civil suit, Maryland Court of Appeals held SORN was violation of ex post facto punishments on state constitutional grounds.
Doe v. Dep’t of Public Safety and Correctional Services (Md. 2013)
State v. Williams (Ohio 2011)
Posted: October 27, 2017
Ohio Supreme Court found, on state constitutional grounds, that SORN as applied to defendant was a violation against prohibition on retroactive punishments.
Hoffman v. Village of Pleasant Prairie (E.D. Wis. 2017)
Posted: October 27, 2017
Civil suit brought by registrants in Wisconsin challenging local residency restrictions. District Court found that the restrictions violated prohibition against ex post facto punishments and equal protection.
Doe v. Miami-Dade County (11th Cir. 2017)
Posted: October 27, 2017
11th Circuit reversal of district court dismissal of lawsuit alleging residency restrictions in Miami-Dade county violated prohibitions on retroactive punishment.
Starkey v. Oklahoma Department of Corrections (Okla. 2013)
Posted: September 19, 2017
Oklahoma Supreme Court decides on state constitutional grounds that SOR is a punishment, cannot be applied retroactively.
Doe v. State (N.H. 2015)
Posted: September 19, 2017
As-applied challenge to New Hampshire sex offender registration, alleging due process and ex post facto violations. NH Supreme Court found ex post facto violation, and required hearing to determine dangerousness as a remedy.
State v. Doe (Alaska 2008)
Posted: September 19, 2017
Alaska Supreme Court finds, on state constitutional grounds, that state sex offender registration scheme is punitive and cannot be applied retroactively.
Doe v. Nebraska (D. Neb. 2012)
Posted: August 22, 2017
Federal civil rights lawsuit where several registrants in Nebraska challenged constitutionality of state laws barring them from social media and requiring provision of internet identifiers. Court struck laws down on various First and Fourteenth Amendment grounds.