BLAKEMORE v. STATE

No. 49A02-0907-CR-614.

925 N.E.2d 759 (2010)

Oscar BLAKEMORE, Appellant-Defendant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

April 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Spears, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Gregory F. Zoeller, Attorney General of Indiana, J.T. Whitehead, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.


OPINION

MAY, Judge.

The trial court found Oscar Blakemore guilty of failure to register as a sex offender, a Class D felony,1 even though there was no such registration requirement when he committed the underlying offense or when he was convicted of it. That retroactive application of the sex offender registry requirement violated the Indiana constitutional prohibition of ex post facto laws, and we accordingly must reverse...

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