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Rainer v. State

Citations

  • 690 S.E.2d 827
  • 286 Ga. 675
  • 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 762
  • 2010 Ga. LEXIS 229

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  • holding that the requirement of sex offender registration for the defendant’s conviction of false imprisonment of a minor was not cruel and unusual punishment and did not violate substantive or procedural due process
  • finding sex offender registration did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment because registration is regulatory, rather than punitive, in nature
  • finding sex offender registration did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment because registration is regulatory, rather than punitive, in nature
  • finding sex offender registration did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment because registration is regulatory, rather than punitive, in nature
  • registration requirement for defendant’s conviction of false imprisonment of a minor did not violate substantive due process
  • “the [sex-offender] registration requirements themselves do not constitute punishment. ..”

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Judges: Melton, Hunstein, Benham

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