United States v. John Hill

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

After John Hill was indicted, for failing to register as a sex offender, see 18 U.S.C. § 2250,.. he moved to dismiss the indictment because the statute under which he was indicted was unconstitutional and because he was not a “sex offender” within its meaning. When the district court 1 denied the motion, Hill pleaded guilty, reserving his right to appeal the denial, and this appeal ensued.

Hill moved from South Carolina to Arkansas after- he pleaded guilty in a South Carolina state court to a charge of “wilfully, maliciously, and indecently expos[ing] his person in a…