Kentucky

Criminal - sex offeder registration: Hamilton-Smith v. Commonwealth (COA 4/3/2009)

By Michael Stevens

Opinion by Judge Clayton; Judges Acree and Keller concurred.

The Court affirmed an order of the circuit court requiring appellant to register as a sex offender for a period of twenty years after he pled guilty to one count of possession of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor in violation of KRS 531.335.

The Court held that because appellant committed a criminal offense against a victim who was a minor, which included any offense involving a minor or depiction s of a minor as set forth in KRS Chapter 531, he was required to register pursuant to KRS 17.510.

Full post as published by Kentucky Cases on September 07, 2009 (boomark / email).