State v. Doe A

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

John Doe A and John Doe B were conviect-ed of eriminal offenses that required them to register and comply with Alaska's Sex Offender Registration Act (ASORA). Following their convictions, the legislature amended ASORA, requiring certain offenders, including both John Does, to comply with additional registration requirements. The John Does sued, claiming that retroactive application of ASORA's amendments to them violated the Ex Post Facto Clause of the Alaska Constitution. The superior court agreed, and the State appealed.

In 2008 we held in Doe v. State (Doe I), a…