State v. Hubbard

Citations

• 146 N.E.3d 593
• 2020 Ohio 856

Syllabus

Ohio's newly enacted violent-offender enrollment statutes, R.C. 2903.41 through 2903.44, known as Sierah's Law, may be applied to offenders who committed their crimes and were convicted of violent offenses prior to the effective date of the law without violating the prohibition on retroactive legislation set forth in Article II, Section 28 of the Ohio constitution. The General Assembly expressly provided for retroactive application and such application does not burden any vested right or finality interest, thereby making the statutes remedial, rather than substantive, in nature. The trial court, therefore, did not err in advising appellant that he was required to register with the violent offender database upon his release from prison following his guilty plea to murder, a specified violent offense.