State v. Walker

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 7493

Syllabus

SEX OFFENSES - REGISTRATION - MEGAN'S LAW: Where defendant did not have a duty to register as a sex offender under Megan's Law because he was not serving a prison term for a sex offense on or after July 1, 1997, he could not have knowingly, intelligently or voluntarily pleaded guilty to failing to verify his address or to attempted failure to verify, and therefore, he has demonstrated manifest injustice and he must be permitted to withdraw his guilty pleas to those offenses, and the indictments charging him with those offenses must be dismissed.