Doe v. State, Department of Public Safety

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal presents a discrete question left unanswered by the United States Supreme Court in its recent decision rejecting a constitutional challenge to Alaska's sex offender registration statute. After he was convicted of a sex offense, John Doe1 received a suspended imposition of sentence (SIS), subject to satisfying specified conditions. When Doe's probationary period expired without imposition of sentence, the superior court set aside his conviction under authority of AS 12.55.085(e). The Alaska Sex Offender Registration Act (ASORA) 2 became…