Legal Opinion
State of Indiana v. Scott Zerbe
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided February 25, 2016No. 49S05-1509-MI-529PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 49A05-1410-MI-463
MÁSSA, Justice.
In an opinion handed down today, Tyson v. State, we concluded that the Indiana. Sex Offender Registration Act’s amended definition did not violate* our Constitution’s prohibition against ex post facto laws as applied to an offender with an out-of-state obligation to register. We reach the same conclusion here. Because Scott Zerbe was required to register as a sex offender in Michigan, we find maintaining that requirement in Indiana does not retroactively punish him. Thus, we reverse the trial…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- People v. PenningtonMichigan Court of Appeals · 2000
- Gregory F. Zoeller, Attorney General and Rick J. Ruble, Commissioner of the In. Dept. of Labor v. James M. Sweeney, David A. Fagan, Charles SeversIndiana Supreme Court · 2014
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Kevin Allyn Ammons v. State of IndianaIndiana Supreme Court · 2016
- Brian Hope v. Commissioner of Indiana Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2023
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