Legal Opinion

United States v. Stevens

District Court, D. Maine

Decided September 19, 2008No. CR-08-36-B-WPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS INDICTMENT

JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., District Judge.

Charged with violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SOR-NA), Olin Dudley Stevens moves to dismiss the Indictment on a host of grounds, ranging from the failure to state an offense to constitutional infirmities. Constrained by the limitations on motions to dismiss in a criminal context, the Court denies each motion. It concludes that the Indictment does state an offense under SORNA even though neither the state of Maine nor the state of Rhode Island has fully implemented its provisions, that…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. United States v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Mistretta v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2001

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. United States v. YoungDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2010
  2. United States v. ThompsonDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2009
  3. United States v. CameronDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2009
  4. United States v. LaffertyDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 2009
  5. United States v. TaladaDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 2009

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