York v. State

OPINION

BAKER, Judge.

We granted this interlocutory appeal in anticipation of addressing appellant-defendant Harold E. York’s claim that the trial court should have granted his motion to dismiss the charge of Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, 1 a class D felony. York argues that changing the sex offender registration requirement from ten years to life is punitive and violates the prohibition against ex post facto laws.

Upon further reflection, we note that the charge against York was the result of his failure to register during the original ten-year period and his alleged failure to report…