JOHN DOE v. ROY A. COOPER, III, Attorney General of the State of North Carolina
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Agee, Nov. 30, 2016,
Void for Vagueness- Portions of the NC Sex Offender Registry are unconstitutionally vague (14-208.18(a)(3)) or overbroad (14-208.18(a)(2)).
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FRANKLIN DAVID LONG v. MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
Court of Special Appeals, Salmon, Sept. 28, 2016,
Ex Post Facto Law – MSORA – Requiring a sex offender to register quarterly instead of annually (as was required by law at the time of sentencing) is not an unconstitutional ex post facto law
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. THOMAS EARL FAULLS, SR.
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Diaz, May 5, 2016,
Prior Acts – No error where testimony regarding prior incidents of domestic violence was allowed, as probative weight with regard to motive and victim’s state of mind not substantially outweighed by potential for unfair prejudice.
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