Unted States v. Stock, No. 10-5348 (6th Cir. 2012)
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The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) requires a sex offender to “register, and keep the registration current, in each jurisdiction where the offender resides.” 42 U.S.C. 16913(a). After failing to persuade the district court that SORNA violates the federal Constitution, Stock pleaded guilty to failing to register. The district court set Stock’s base offense level at 16, presuming that Stock had been required to register as a “Tier III offender,” U.S.S.G. 2A3.5(a)(1). Stock’s base offense level, reduced by three levels for acceptance of responsibility and combined with Stock’s criminal-history category of VI, yielded an advisory Guidelines range of 33 to 41 months’ imprisonment. The district court sentenced Stock to 72 months with lifetime supervised release. The Sixth Circuit vacated, holding that the district court selected the wrong base offense level.
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