State v. Williams

Citations

• 2019 Ohio 69

Syllabus

Habitual sexual offender Megan's Law retroactive application constitutional former R.C. 2950.06 State v. Bodyke, 126 Ohio St.3d 266, 2010-Ohio-2424, 933 N.E.2d 753 State v. Cook, 83 Ohio St.3d 404, 407, 1998-Ohio-291, 700 N.E.2d 570. Judgment affirmed. Defendant presented no evidence of any judgment that he was required to register under the registration laws that preceded Megan's Law. The Ohio Supreme Court has repeatedly rejected claims that the retroactive application of Megan's Law is unconstitutional. As a result, the trial court was within its authority to classify the defendant as an habitual sex offender with a twenty-year registration requirement.