Legal Opinion

Rainer v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 15, 2010No. S09A1900PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Melton, Justice.

After being convicted of robbery and false imprisonment of a minor in July 2001, and being released from prison in 2006, Jake Rainer was required to register as a sexual offender pursuant to OCGA § 42-1-12.1 On December 17, 2008, Rainer filed a declaratory action in the Superior Court of Fulton County, claiming that OCGA § 42-1-12 was unconstitutional as applied to him. The State moved to dismiss the complaint, and the trial court granted the State’s motion to dismiss, finding that OCGA § 42-1-12 is constitutional. Rainer appeals from this ruling, arguing that, because the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Washington v. GlucksbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  2. Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Smith v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
  4. Hollowell v. JoveSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  5. State v. Old South Amusements, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2002

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State v. MossmanSupreme Court of Kansas · 2012
  2. State v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  3. State v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Stephens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  5. In the Interest of T.H., Minor ChildSupreme Court of Iowa · 2018

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