Legal Opinion
Russell v. Gregoire
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 4, 1997No. 96-35398PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a Washington statute of the kind popularly referred to as “Megan’s law” violates the Constitution.
I
Willie Russell and Johnny Stearns are both convicted sex offenders who have been released from confinement and are now residing in Washington State. Russell was convicted in Washington in 1989 of second degree rape and attempted second degree rape; Stearns was convicted in Washington in 1989 of first degree robbery and attempted second degree rape. Both were imprisoned. In 1990, the Washington legislature passed the Community Protection Act, 1990…
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