Jerome Michael Burton v. State of Indiana

OPINION

SHARPNACK, Senior Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

In this interlocutory appeal, Jerome Michael Burton challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the charge of failure to register as a sex offender.

We reverse and remand.

ISSUE

The issue is whether it is a violation of the ex post facto provision of the Indiana Constitution to require Burton to register under the Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act (“SORA”) as one who is required to register in another state, Illinois, when the statutes requiring him to register in Illinois and in Indiana were enacted after he had been…