State of West Virginia v. J.E and State of West Virginia v. Z.M.

FILED No. 16-0677- State v. J.E. February 14, 2017 released at 3:00 p.m. No. 16-0723- State v. Z.M. RORY L. PERRY, II CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA LOUGHRY, Chief Justice, dissenting, in part, and concurring, in part: The clearly expressed intent of the Sex Offender Registration Act, West Virginia Code § 15-12-1 to -10 (2014) (“Act”), is “to assist law-enforcement agencies’ efforts to protect the public from sex offenders by requiring sex offenders to register with the State Police detachment in the county where he or she shall reside and by making certain information about…