MEINDERS v. WEBER

No. 20689.

604 N.W.2d 248 (2000)

2000 SD 2

James H. MEINDERS, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Douglas WEBER, Warden of the South Dakota Penitentiary, Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Reassigned August 11, 1999.

Decided January 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Hansen Marso of Boyce, Murphy, McDowell & Greenfield, L.L.P., Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorneys for petitioner and appellant.

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Frank Geaghan, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee.


KONENKAMP, Justice (on reassignment).

[¶ 1.] James Meinders appeals the denial of habeas corpus relief, asserting that (1) South Dakota's sex offender registration statutes violate the ex post facto clauses of both our state and federal constitutions and constitute cruel and unusual punishment when retroactively applied to him; (2) the amended good time statutes (SDCL 24-2-12 and 24-2-18) violate the ex post facto clauses of both the state and federal constitutions...

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