Legal Opinion
Nichols v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 4, 2016No. 15–5238PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
Lester Ray Nichols, a registered sex offender living in the Kansas City area, moved to the Philippines without notifying Kansas authorities of his change in residence. For that omission Nichols was convicted of failing to update his sex-offender registration, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250 (a). We must decide whether federal law required Nichols to update his registration in Kansas to reflect his departure from the State.
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A
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