Tyson v. State
Annotate this CaseIn 2002, Defendant was adjudicated delinquent in Texas for a sex offense. Defendant was required to register in Texas as a sex offender until 2014. In 2006, Indiana amended the Sex Offender Registry Act’s definition of sex offender to include “a person who is required to register as a sex offender in any jurisdiction.” In 2009, Defendant moved to Indiana but did not register as a sex offender. Defendant was charged with failing to register as a sex offender in Indiana. Defendant moved to dismiss the charge, arguing that enforcing the registry requirement would be an ex post violation because his offense occurred before the change to the definition of sex offender took effect. The trial court denied the motion. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Defendant has failed to show the amended definition retroactively punished him, and therefore, there was no ex post facto law violation.
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