United States Eleventh Circuit

Denial of defendant's motion to dismiss an indictment against him for failing to register as a sex offender under the Sexual Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) is reversed where: 1) defendant's indictment concerned his failure to register during the gap period between SORNA's enactment and the Attorney General's retroactivity determination; and 2) thus, defendant could not be prosecuted for violating SORNA during that time.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/23/2008
• Published 05/23/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before BARKETT, FAY and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James T. Skuthan, Acting Fed. Pub. Def., Orlando, FL, John L. Badalamenti, Fed. Pub. Def., Tampa, FL, for Madera., Patricia D. Barksdale, Jacksonville, FL, Roberta Josephine Bodnar, Orlando, FL, for U.S.