Doe v. Keathley

RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Judge.

James F. Keathley, superintendent of the Missouri Highway Patrol (Appellant), appeals from a summary judgment in favor of several Missouri residents who claim that that requiring them to register as sex offenders under Missouri’s Sex Offender Registration Act, sections 589.400 to 589.420, 1 violates the state constitutional bar on the enactment of retrospective state laws set forth in article I, section 13 of the Missouri Constitution. The judgment is reversed.

FACTS

Respondents are Missouri residents who allege they are required to register as sex offenders because…