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11th Circuit Issues a Puzzling SORNA Opinion

By Corey Rayburnyung

There has been a lot of federal appellate court action in relation to SORNA lately (I'll be covering the 8th Circuit's notable Howell opinion later today). Normally, the cases go in favor the government. However, when the defendant wins at the district court level, the basis is usually the lack of federal jurisdiction or an Ex Post Facto Clause issue. The 11th Circuit, in a split decision, in U.S. v. Dodge, issued an opinion in favor of the defendant that I can't make much sense of. From the opinion: After pleading guilty to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1470, for transferring obscene material to a minor,1 Matthew Mason Dodge (?Dodge?) appeals from the part of the district court?s judgment that requires him to register as a Tier I Sex Offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (?SORNA?), 42 U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on January 15, 2009 (boomark / email).