United States v. Diaz, No. 19-1895 (2d Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe Second Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for failing to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2250(a). The court held that the district court correctly held that a defendant in a SORNA prosecution may not collaterally challenge his underlying sex offender conviction. The court also held that circuit precedent precludes the argument that sex offender registration and notification requirements are punitive. Therefore, the district court correctly concluded that SORNA does not violate the Fifth or Eighth Amendments.
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