United States Tenth Circuit

Conviction for failing to register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) is affirmed over claims that: 1) defendant's prosecution under SORNA's failure to register provisions violated the Ex Post Facto Clause; 2) SORNA and its failure to register provisions violate the Commerce Clause because they exceed the authority granted to Congress to regulate interstate commerce; and 3) the statute's application to his conduct violated his due process rights.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/08/2008
• Published 12/09/2008

Judges

• PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge., Before KELLY, SEYMOUR, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert Gifford, Assistant United States Attorney (John C. Richter, United States Attorney, on the brief), Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Paul Lacy, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellant.