STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 2006-0875.

114 Ohio St.3d 103 (2007)

2007-Ohio-3268

THE STATE OF OHIO, Appellee, v. WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jana E. Emerick, Allen County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for appellee.

Michael J. Short, for appellant.


LANZINGER, J.

{¶ 1} This discretionary appeal was accepted to answer the question of whether a homeless sex offender may be indicted for failing to periodically verify an address if the sheriff did not send the statutory warning notice to the offender's last known address. We strictly construe the relevant statutes against the state because they are criminal in nature, and we hold that a sheriff must send notification under R.C. 2950...

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