State v. Cook

Today we are presented with the questions of whether R.C. 2950.09(B), as applied to conduct prior to the effective date of the statute, is a retroactive law that violates Section 28, Article II of the Ohio Constitution, and whether R.C. Chapter -2950 is an ex post facto law prohibited by Section 10, Article I, United States Constitution. Because we find that R.C. Chapter 2950 is neither impermissibly retroactive nor an ex post facto law, we find that R.C. 2950.09 is constitutional.

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HISTORY AND OVERVIEW

In the summer of 1994, seven-year-old Megan Kanka was raped and murdered in Hamilton…