State v. Trosclair

KNOLL, Justice.

1 iThis case comes to us as a criminal appeal concerning the retroactive application of an amendment extending supervision for sex offenders when the victim is under the age of thirteen years. Specifically, whether the amendment to La.Rev. Stat. § 15:561.2, which extended the supervision period after release from custody for a sex offender whose victim was under thirteen years of age from five years to life, violates the Ex Post Facto Clauses of both the United States and Louisiana Constitutions.

Defendant Rudy Troselair pled guilty to sexual battery of a child under thirteen…