Thompson v. State

Thompson, Justice.

The question for decision in this case is whether OCGA§ 42-1-13, which makes it a felony for a person required to register as a sex offender to “reside within 1,000 feet of any child care facility, school, or area where minors congregate,” is an unconstitutional ex post facto law when applied to an offender who was convicted before that Code section went into effect. The answer is “no.”

Tommie Morris Thompson pled guilty to child molestation on August 24, 1999. He was sentenced to serve a probated sentence of ten years. On June 4,2003, during the term of Thompson’s probation,…