Keeney v. State

Cunningham, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} In 1986, petitioner-appellant, Jeff Keeney,1 was indicted for rape and two counts of felonious assault. All counts carried a specification that Keeney had previously been convicted of burglary. After a bench trial, Keeney was acquitted of rape and one count of felonious assault. He was found guilty of one count of felonious assault and was sentenced to eight to 15 years’ incarceration.

*500{¶ 2} In 1996, the Ohio legislature enacted Am.Sub.H.B. No. 180 (“Megan’s Law”), which rewrote Ohio’s sex-offender registration statutes contained in R.C. Chapter 2950. Megan’s…