Legal Opinion
People v. Knox
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 17, 2009PublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
Defendants in these three cases committed, or attempted to commit, kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. Their victims were children, and defendants were not their victims’ parents. We hold that the State did not violate defendants’ constitutional rights by compelling them to register as “sex offenders,” even though there was no proof that their crimes involved any sexual act or sexual motive.
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Judy Knox approached a group of children in a park, grabbed the arm of an eight-year-old girl and tried to pull her away; her motive, as far as it can be inferred from the…
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