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Case Law Summary

Sex Offender Registration and Notification in the United States
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Contents

I. SORNA Requirements

A. Generally

B. Who Is Required to Register

1. "Conviction" & Offenses That Must Be Included in the Registry
a) "Conviction"
b) "Sex Offense"
c) "Substantially Similar"

2. Independent Duty to Register

3. Retroactivity

4. Homeless & Transient Offenders

5. Registration for Military Convictions

6. Juvenile Registration

C. What Registration Requires

1. Tiering & Recidivism

2. Appearance Requirements
3. Required Registration Information
4. Updating Information
5. Immediate Transfer of Information
6. International Travel

D. Where Registration Is Required

E. When Registration Is Required

1. Registration (Initial)
2. Duration & Tolling

F. Public Registry Website Requirements & Community Notification

G. Indian Country

H. Federal Incarceration

I. Reduction of Registration Periods

J. Failure to Register

1. Generally
2. Strict Liability / Mens Rea
3. Notice of Requirement to Register
4. Continuing Offense
5. Travel
6. Venue
7. Impeachment

A. Constitutional Challenges

1. Commerce Clause
2. Necessary and Proper Cause
3. Bill of Attainder Clause
4. Full Faith and Credit Clause
5. Supremacy Clause
6. Right to Travel
7. Separation of Powers and Nondelegation Doctrine 
8. Ex Post Facto
9. First Amendment / Internet & Social Media
10. Fourth Amendment / Unreasonable Search & Seizure 
11. Fifth Amendment / Takings & Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination
12. Sixth Amendment / Right to Jury Trial & Ineffective Assistance of Counsel & Apprendi v. New Jersey
13. Eighth Amendment / Cruel & Unusual Punishment
14. Tenth Amendment / Federalism
15. Fourteenth Amendment / Due Process & Equal Protection

B. State Constitution Issues

1. Administrative Procedure Act
2. Americans With Disabilities Act
3. Child Custody
4. Civil Commitment
5. Conditions of Supervised Release & United States v. Haymond
6. Defamation
7. Fair Credit Reporting Act
8. Firearms
9. Habeas Corpus / Post-Conviction Relief—State Custody (28 U.S.C. § 2254) & "In Custody"
10. Housing
11. Immigration & Deportation
12. Sentencing Enhancement Under Federal Law (18 U.S.C. § 2260A)