State v. Brewer

The cases before us raise the question of whether the statutory scheme created by the General Assembly allows a sexual predator hearing under R.C. 2950.09(C)(2) to take place after an offender has already been released from confinement. We hold that in order to adjudicate an offender as a sexual predator, the statutes require that a hearing be conducted prior to the release of the prisoner, and further that the hearing must be scheduled far enough in advance of the offender’s release date to allow officials to satisfy their statutory notification duties under R.C. 2950.03(A)(1).

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