Legal Opinion
United States v. Morales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 27, 2015No. 13-1999UnknownCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Chief Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether a state Rhode Island conviction for first degree child molestation, R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-37-8.1, is “comparable to or more severe than” one of the offenses listed in Tier III of the federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SOR-NA”), 42 U.S.C. § 16911(4). Appellant-Defendant Christian Morales, who had previously been convicted under that Rhode Island law, was sentenced in federal court to 65 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for failing to register as a sex offender under SORNA, 18 U.S.C. §…
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