State v. Bodyke

{¶ 1} In this appeal,1 we decide the constitutionality of the current version of R.C. Chapter 2950, as amended by 2007 Am.Sub.S.B. No. 10 (“the Adam Walsh *267Act” or “the AWA”), as those provisions apply to sex offenders whose cases were adjudicated prior to its enactment.

{¶ 2} Although we discharge our duty with great respect for the role of the legislature, Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez (1963), 372 U.S. 144, 159, 83 S.Ct. 554, 9 L.Ed.2d 644, for the reasons that follow we are compelled to find that R.C. 2950.031 and 2950.032, the reclassification provisions in the AWA, are unconstitutional…