Legal Opinion
State v. Howard
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided December 6, 2012No. 2011-2126PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPfeifer, J.
*468{¶ 1} The issue we address in this case is whether current R.C. 2950.99 or former R.C. 2950.99 governs the penalty for sex offenders originally classified under Megan’s Law who violate former R.C. 2950.05 by failing to give proper notice of an address change. We hold that former R.C. 2950.99 governs the penalty in such cases, specifically, the version of R.C. 2950.99 in place immediately prior to the repeal of Megan’s Law by the Adam Walsh Act.
Factual and Procedural Background
{¶ 2} The factual background in this case is as much about the changing landscape of sex-offender-registration law in…
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