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Tenth Circuit Issues Two Opinions Upholding SORNA

By Corey Rayburnyung

Following on the heels of the 10th Circuit opinion in U.S. v.Husted, the court issued two new opinions allowing SORNA prosecutions to proceed. Sentencing Law & Policy drew my attention to the decision in U.S. v. Lawrance date December 8th. Upon reading Lawrance, I noticed the court referred to a prior Tenth Circuit opinion, U.S. v. Hinckley. I hadn't heard of Hinckley, so I went to the Tenth Circuit's website to find it. Strangley, the opinion in Hinckley only came out today, December 9th. So, while there is nothing really wrong with it, the opinion in Lawrance cites an opinion that had not yet been published. The opinions are interesting in their similarities. They are from two different panels (although Judge Kelly was on both panels and wrote both majority opinions), yet both cases created 2-1 splits...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on December 09, 2008 (boomark / email).