State v. Hakum Brown; State v. Rodney Brown (083353) (Essex County, Middlesex County, & Statewide) (A-39-19; 083353)
Defendants suffered no ex post facto violation as a result of being charged with failure-to-register offenses bearing the increased degree. The Legislature is free to increase the penalty for the offense of failure to comply with the regulatory registration requirement -- which is separate and apart from defendants’ predicate sex offenses -- without violating ex post facto principles as to those predicate offenses.
