No. 21-7197

Dennis Lee Shaffer v. Kansas

Lower Court: Kansas
Docketed: 2022-02-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-law ex-post-facto kansas-offender-registration-act punishment-clause retroactive-application sex-offender-registration smith-v-doe
Key Terms:
Punishment
Latest Conference: 2022-04-14
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Do the cumulative burdens of the Kansas Offender Registration Act constitute punishment under the test set out in Smith v. Doe, 538 U.S. 84 (2003), such that retroactive application violates the Ex Post Facto Clause?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Do the cumulative burdens of the Kansas Offender Registration Act constitute punishment under the test set out in Smith v. Doe, 538 U.S. 84 (2003), such that retroactive application violates the Ex Post Facto Clause? ii

Docket Entries

2022-04-18
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
2022-03-21
Waiver of right of respondent Kansas to respond filed.
2022-02-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 28, 2022)

Attorneys

Dennis Lee Shaffer
Jennifer Creswell RothKansas Appellate Defender Office, Petitioner
Kansas
Brant M. LaueSolicitor General of Kansas, Respondent