United States v. Trent, No. 08-4482 (6th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseAfter entering a conditional plea of guilty for failure to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, 42 U.S.C. 16901, defendant was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment, a crime fund special assessment, and lifetime supervised release. The Sixth Circuit reversed. Defendant, was not required to register under SORNA because at the time of his interstate travel and failure to register, Ohio had not implemented SORNA and the Attorney General had not yet ruled on the retroactive application of SORNA to sex offenders who failed to register in a jurisdiction that had not yet implemented SORNA.
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