2-7-2010 Michigan:
LANSING — The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision that a homeless sex offender shouldn’t be punished for not registering an address or giving his whereabouts to law enforcement.
The opinion of the three-judge panel was released Tuesday. The Lansing State Journal reports today the office of Ingham County Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III plans to appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court.
Randall Dowdy visited a Lansing shelter off and on until 2006 when he was told he could no longer go there because he was a convicted sex offender.
Dowdy was charged with violations of the Sex Offender Registration Act. An Ingham County judge dismissed the charges in 2008.
The appeals court urged the legislature to update the law. ..Source.. Detroit Free Press
February 7, 2010
Michigan court: Homeless sex offender OK not registering
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