United States Supreme Court

In the government's appeal from the Ninth Circuit's order reversing the district court's order requiring defendant to register as a juvenile sex offender and to keep his registration current under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, the Supreme Court certifies the following question to the Montana Supreme Court: "Is respondent's duty to remain registered as a sex offender under Montana law contingent upon the validity of the conditions of his now-expired federal juvenile supervision order that required him to register as a sex offender, see Mont. Code Ann. sections 46-23-502(6)(b), 41-5-1513(1)(c) (2005); State v. Villanueva, 328 Mont. 135, 138-140, 118 P. 3d 179, 181-182 (2005); see also section 46-23-502(9)(b) (2009), or is the duty an independent requirement of Montana law that is unaffected by the validity or invalidity of the federal juvenile-supervision conditions, see section 46-23-502(10) (2009); 2007 Mont. Laws ch. 483, - 31, p. 2185?"

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• Decided 06/07/2010
• Published 06/07/2010

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