THOMPSON v. STATE

No. S04A0699.

603 S.E.2d 233 (2004)

278 Ga. 394

THOMPSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Clark Landrum, Sylvester, for Appellant.

Paul Bowden, Dist. Atty., Bradford Lee Rigby, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., for Appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

The question for decision in this case is whether OCGA § 42-1-13, which makes it a felony for a person required to register as a sex offender to "reside within 1,000 feet of any child care facility, school, or area where minors congregate," is an unconstitutional ex post facto law when applied to an offender who was convicted before that Code section went into effect. The answer is "no."

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