Legal Opinion
United States v. Robbins
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 3, 2013No. Docket 12-3148-crPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
In August 2011, after traveling from New York to Nevada, defendant-appellant Nathan Robbins knowingly failed to update his registration as a sex offender, as he was required to do under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”), 42 U.S.C. § 16913. He subsequently pled guilty to violating 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a), which makes it a crime for someone who is required to register under SORNA to travel in interstate commerce and knowingly fail to update his registration. Despite his plea, Robbins retained the right to challenge the constitutionality of the…
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