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STATE v. SMITH

No. 5-07-23.

2008 Ohio 4778

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Lee Smith, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Third District, Hancock County.

DATE OF JUDGMENT ENTRY: September 22, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maria Santo, Attorney at Law, Reg. #0039762, 124 S. Metcalf Street, Lima, Ohio 45801, for Appellant.

Mark C. Miller, Prosecuting Attorney, Reg. #0055702, Drew A. Wortman, Reg. #0072355, 222 Broadway Street, Room 104, Findlay, Ohio 45840, for Appellee.

OPINION

ROGERS, J.

{¶1} Defendant-Appellant, James Lee Smith, appeals the judgment of the Hancock County Court of Common Pleas convicting him of failure to register a change of address in violation of R.C. 2950.05(E)(1). On appeal, Smith argues that the amended statute, resulting in an enhanced penalty, violated the Due Process and Ex Post Facto Clauses of the Ohio and United States Constitutions. Based on the following, we affirm the judgment...

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