Legal Opinion
State v. Pollard
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 2009No. 05S02-0906-CR-305PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUCKER, Justice.
The question presented is whether a section of the Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act that we refer to as the "resi-deney restriction statute" constitutes retroactive punishment forbidden by the Ex Post Facto Clause contained in the Indiana Constitution. In this case the answer is yes.
Facts and Procedural History
On April 4, 1997, Anthony W. Pollard was convicted of a sex-related offense for which he was apparently sentenced.1 On July 1, 2006, the residency restriction statute-Ind. Code § 35-42-4-11-came into effect. That statute provides that a person convicted of certain…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Kansas v. HendricksSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Smith v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Cummings v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. BakerKentucky Supreme Court · 2009
- Shaw v. PattonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2016
- Andre Gonzalez v. State of IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 2013
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