U.S. v. GOODWIN

No. 12-2921.

717 F.3d 511 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles GOODWIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda L. Mullen (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Rock Island, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Daniel T. Hansmeier (argued), Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Springfield, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, WOOD, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


TINDER, Circuit Judge.

Charles Goodwin pleaded guilty to knowingly failing to register and update a registration as a sex offender, as required by the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA"). He was sentenced to 27 months' imprisonment, to be followed by a life term of supervised release, subject to ten special conditions. Goodwin claims that the relevant SORNA provision is an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority; argues that the district...

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