Ronald G. Becker v. State of Indiana

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• holding that the local prosecutor and the DOC were in privity for purposes of res judicata
• finding that the Indiana Department of Corrections and local prosecutors were in privity for purposes of res judicata as each share the “same substantial interest” in ensuring a sex offender met registration requirements
• res judicata aims to prevent repetitious litigation of disputes that are essentially the same by holding a prior final judgment binding against both the original parties and their privies
• “‘[A] privy is one who after rendition of [a] judgment has acquired an interest in the subject matter affected by the judgment,’ or ‘whose interests are represented by a party to the action.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).