United States v. Hinen

OPINION AND ORDER

JONES, Chief Judge.

The defendant, charged with failing to register as a sex offender under the new Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, has moved to dismiss the indictment on constitutional and procedural grounds. For the reasons set forth, the motion will be denied.

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By indictment returned March 6, 2007, it was charged that between August 1, 2006, and February 17, 2007, the defendant Richard Dean Hinen, while being a person required to register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, traveled in interstate commerce and failed to register or…