THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT,
v.
WILLIAMS, APPELLEE.
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLANT,
v.
WORTHY, APPELLEE.
THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE,
v.
SUFFECOOL, APPELLANT.
Supreme Court of Ohio.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted January 12, 2000.
Decided April 28, 2000.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles E. Coulson, Lake County Prosecuting Attorney, Vincent A. Culotta and Julie Mitrovich King, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for appellant in case No. 99-286.
R. Paul LaPlante, Lake County Public Defender, and Vanessa MacKnight, Assistant Public Defender, for appellee in case No. 99-286.
Victor V. Vigluicci, Portage County Prosecuting Attorney, and Kelli K Norman, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellant in case No. 99-764.
Morganstern, MacAdams & DeVito Co., L.P.A., and Michael A. Partlow, for appellee in case No. 99-764.
Robert D. Horowitz, Stark County Prosecuting Attorney, and Ronald Mark Caldwell, Chief Appellate Prosecuting Attorney; and Frederic R. Scott, for appellee in case No. 99-765.
David H. Bodiker, Ohio Public Defender, and Robert L. Lane, Chief Appellate Public Defender, for appellant in case No. 99-765.
Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Edward B. Foley, pro hac vice, State Solicitor, David M. Gormley and Stephen P. Carney, Associate Solicitors, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Attorney General of Ohio in case Nos. 99-286 and 99-764, and urging affirmance in case No. 99-765.
William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney, and Renee L. Snow, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office in case No. 99-286.
Dennis Watkins, Trumbull County Prosecuting Attorney, David P. Joyce, Geauga County Prosecuting Attorney, Thomas L. Sartini, Ashtabula County Prosecuting Attorney, and Victor V. Vigluicci, Portage County Prosecuting Attorney, urging reversal for amicus curiae, the Prosecuting Attorneys of the Eleventh Ohio Appellate District in case No. 99-286.
Michael K Allen, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, and Paula E. Adams, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, urging reversal for amicus curiae, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys' Association in case Nos. 99-286 and 99-764.
Gray & Duning and Donald E. Oda II, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in case No. 99-286.
Supreme Court of Ohio.
MOYER, C. J.
In 1996, in an effort to protect the public, the General Assembly repealed and reenacted Ohio's sex offender registration statute. See Am. Sub. H.B. No. 180, 146 Ohio Laws, Part II, 2560 ("H.B. 180"). The General Assembly concluded that "[s]exual predators and habitual sex offenders pose a high risk of engaging in further offenses even after being released from imprisonment." R.C. 2950.02(A)(2). H.B. 180...
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