STATE v. SANTIAGO

No. 91623.

2011 Ohio 3971

State of Ohio, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilson Santiago, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: August 11, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine A. Szudy , Asst. State Public Defender, Office of the Ohio Public Defender, 250 East Broad Street, Suite 1400, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Attorney for Appellant.

William Mason , Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, By: Jennifer A. Driscoll , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, 1200 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, Wilson Santiago , Inmate No. 542-818, Lebanon Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 56, Lebanon, Ohio 45036, Attorneys for Appellee.

Before: Sweeney, J., Boyle, P.J., and Jones, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION

JAMES J. SWEENEY, J.

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant Wilson Santiago ("defendant") appeals the trial court's classifying him as a Tier III sex offender under Ohio's Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (" the AWA"), arguing that the retroactive application of this law is unconstitutional. After reviewing the facts of the case and pertinent law, we reverse.

{¶ 2} On September 14...

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