Holcomb v. State, 8-08-23 (2-23-2009)

OPINION

{¶ 1} The petitioners-appellants, Bret Holcomb, Kerry Woodruff, Thomas Ehmer, and Justin Smith, appeal the judgments of the Logan County Common Pleas Court denying their petitions for declaratory judgment in which they challenged their sexual offender reclassifications pursuant to Senate Bill 10. On appeal, Appellants argue that the Ohio Attorney General did not provide proper notice; that no statute affecting sexual offender classification was in effect at the time they were reclassified; that the statute violates the ex post facto clause of the United States Constitution and the…