Legal Opinion

Sexual Offender Registration Review Board v. Berzett

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 19, 2017No. S17A0082PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HINES, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board from a final order of the Superior Court of Fulton County declaring that OCGA § 42-1-14, which sets forth a procedure for the classification of sexual offenders according to their recidivism risks and in subsection (e) requires any “sexually dangerous predator” to wear and pay for an electronic GPS monitor for the rest of his life,1 violates several provisions of the United States and Georgia Constitutions. In that order, the superior court also issued a writ of prohibition against the Board. For the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Pimper v. State Ex Rel. SimpsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  2. Babies Right Start, Inc. v. Georgia Department of Public HealthSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  3. Fulton County v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  4. GeorgiaCarry.Org, Inc. v. Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  5. Pilgrim v. First National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975

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