Munson v. Arkansas Department of Correction Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

Appellant James R. Munson was convicted of first-degree violation of a minor and sentenced to fifteen (15) years’ imprisonment. We affirmed his conviction in Munson v. State, 331 Ark. 41, 959 S.W.2d 391 (1998).

On September 4, 2003, the Arkansas Department of Correction Sex Offender Screening and Risk Assessment Committee (SOSRA) assessed Munson as a level III sex offender. Munson timely filed his request for administrative review of the assessment on September 15, 2003. Following an extended exchange of correspondence between Munson and SOSRA, Munson filed a…