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Sex Offender Registration – Minor

By: Derek Hawkins//February 9, 2016//

Sex Offender Registration – Minor

By: Derek Hawkins//February 9, 2016//

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WI Court of Appeals – District I

Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. D.S.

Case No.: 2015AP1634

Officials: BRASH, J.         

Focus: Sex Offender Registration – Minor

D.S. appeals an order requiring him to register as a sex offender for life, and an order denying his postdisposition motion to stay the registration requirement.  D.S. seeks a new hearing on sex offender registration, arguing that: (1) the circuit court relied on inaccurate and improper information in the form of a study performed by a psychologist at Lincoln Hills School regarding the recidivism rate of sexual offenders released from the school; and (2) that the circuit court relied on information from the Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment (JSOAP-II) that was inaccurately interpreted as predicting a juvenile’s risk to reoffend. We disagree and affirm.

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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