Legal Opinion
United States v. W.B.H.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 13, 2011No. 09-13435PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), 42 U.S.C. § 16901, et seq., which was enacted in 2006, requires criminals who have been convicted of a sex offense to register as sex offenders. In 1987, nearly 20 years before that Act was enacted, the defendant in this ease was convicted of first degree rape. If he had ended his criminal career back then, he might not have had to register under SORNA. Instead of giving up crime, however, the defendant branched out into another field of criminality and in 2009 was convicted in this case for conspiracy to…
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