U.S. Appeals Court: EX POST FACTO SEX OFFENDER.Burr v. Snider 234 F.3d 1052 (8th Cir. 2000). After his conviction for violating North Dakota's sex offender registration  This article requires authentication or verification by an expert.Please assist in recruiting an expert or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. statute was affirmed, an offender petitioned for habeas corpus habeas corpus (hā`bēəs kôr`pəs) [Lat.,=you should have the body], writ directed by a judge to some person who is detaining another, commanding him to bring the body of the person in his custody at a specified time to a relief in federal district court. The court denied the petition and the offender appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that North Dakota's sex offender registration statute did not violate the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto ex post facto adj. Latin for "after the fact," which refers to laws adopted after an act is committed making it illegal although it was legal when done, or increases the penalty for a crime after it is committed. Such laws are specifically prohibited by the U. S. punishment. The offender had moved to a new address without notifying police, in violation of the statute. (North Dakota North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N). ) |
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