Legal Opinion
State v. Golston
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 1, 2011No. 2010-KA-2804PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Justice.
| ¶ These consolidated criminal cases are before us on direct appeal pursuant to La. Const, art. V, § 5(D). 1 We are called upon to determine whether the district court erred in declaring La. R.S. 15:560 et seq. unconstitutional. For the following reasons, we reverse the ruling of the district court.
1 .FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Defendants, Bryan Golston, Paul Baker, Calvin Watson, Lloyd Dell, and Reginald Jackson, are soon-to-be-released convicted sex offenders who have undergone the Sex Offender Assessment Panel (“SOAP”) process pursuant to La. R.S. 15:560 et seq.
The SOAP…
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