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Justice Department's SMART Case Law Update #25

By Corey Rayburnyung

As previously noted, the Justice Department's Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART) occasionally posts updates on case law developments in the sex offender realm. You can view the latest update here. Here are some of the cases from Update #25:Doe v. Department of Public Safety, 2009 Md. App. LEXIS 56 (May 12, 2009) Doe challenged the conclusive presumption of dangerousness (and the attendant registration and notification requirements for a ?sexually violent offender?) that flowed from a conviction for rape.  This presumption was permissible.  In addition, his privacy, due process, and equal protection challenges were rejected.  Wallace v. State, 2009 Ind. LEXIS 401 (April 30, 2009) (link) Relying in part on the decision in Doe v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on June 23, 2009 (boomark / email).