Brooks v. State, 08ca009452 (4-20-2009)

DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY

INTRODUCTION

{¶ 1} Ronald Brooks, Abraham Bowen, Jeffrey York, and Steve Keller have challenged the constitutionality of the Adam Walsh Act amendments to Chapter 2950 of the Ohio Revised Code, also referred to as the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Law. The Petitioners have argued that the new law is unconstitutional as applied retroactively to those who were first classified under an earlier version of the law. The trial court held that the residency restrictions of the Adam Walsh Act are unconstitutional and that denying indigent offenders appointed…