People v. Logan
| Decision Date | 31 December 1998 |
| Docket Number | No. 3-97-0885,3-97-0885 |
| Citation | 302 Ill.App.3d 319,705 N.E.2d 152,235 Ill.Dec. 539 |
| Court | United States Appellate Court of Illinois |
| Parties | , 235 Ill.Dec. 539 The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carl LOGAN, Defendant-Appellant. |
Liam Dixon, Camic, Johnson, Wilson & Bloom, P.C., Elgin, for Carl Logan.
Joseph E. Birkett, DuPage County State's Attorney, Wheaton, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Marshall M. Stevens, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.
The defendant, Carl Logan, appeals from the April 17, 1997, order of the circuit court of Du Page County denying his motion to dismiss his indictment which charged him with the offense of unlawful failure to register as a sex offender (730 ILCS 150/3 (West 1996)). Following a bench trial, he was convicted of the charged offense and was sentenced to 60 days' imprisonment and 30 months' probation. He now appeals, arguing that the Sex Offender Registration Act (730 ILCS 150/1 et seq. (West Supp.1997)) and the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law (730 ILCS 152/101 et seq. (West Supp.1997)) are unconstitutional in that they (1) violate the ex post facto clauses of the United States and Illinois Constitutions (U.S. Const. art. I, § 10, cl. 1; Ill. Const. 1970, art. I, § 16); (2) constitute bills of attainder; (3) violate his right to due process; (4) violate the terms of his plea agreement; (5) are fundamentally unfair; and (6) violate his right to privacy.
On October 2, 1996, the defendant was charged by indictment with the offense of unlawful failure to register as a sex offender (730 ILCS 150/3 (West 1996)). The indictment alleged that the defendant failed to register as a sex offender within 30 days of moving to Westmont. On December 2, 1996, the defendant filed a motion to dismiss his indictment, raising essentially the same issues noted above. According to the defendant's motion, he was convicted of a sex offense in 1990 and was subsequently sentenced to the Department of Corrections. He was released from prison in 1992. The defendant argued that, although the Sex Offender Registration Act (730 ILCS 150/1 et seq. (West 1996)) was enacted after his conviction, he was nonetheless required to register under its provisions.
Following a hearing, the trial court denied the defendant's motion to dismiss the indictment. In so ruling, the trial court relied upon People v. Adams, 144 Ill.2d 381, 163 Ill.Dec. 483, 581 N.E.2d 637 (1991), wherein the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the Habitual Child Sex Offender Registration Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, pars. 221 through 230) against eighth amendment and due process challenges. The trial court also noted that, in People v. Starnes, 273 Ill.App.3d 911, 210 Ill.Dec. 417, 653 N.E.2d 4 (1995), the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, upheld the retroactive application of the Child Sex Offender Registration Act (730 ILCS 150/1 et seq. (West 1994)) after determining that the Act did not impose an unconstitutional restraint on liberty or property.
On August 26, 1997, the defendant was convicted of the offense of unlawful failure to register as a sex offender. Following the denial of his posttrial motion, the defendant filed a timely notice of appeal.
The legislature enacted this state's first sex offender registration law in 1986 and has since amended the law several times. The first registration law enacted in 1986 was entitled the Habitual Child Sex Offender Registration Act (Habitual Registration Act) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, pars. 221 through 230). The Habitual Registration Act required the registration of any person who, after July 1, 1986, was convicted of at least two sex crimes against a victim under the age of 18. Ill.Rev.Stat.1987, ch. 38, pars. 221(A), (B)(1), 223.
Our supreme court considered the constitutionality of the Habitual Registration Act in People v. Adams, 144 Ill.2d 381, 163 Ill.Dec. 483, 581 N.E.2d 637 (1991). In Adams, the defendant argued that the registration requirements denied him his right to due process and constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the eighth amendment. Adams, 144 Ill.2d at 385-86, 163 Ill.Dec. 483, 581 N.E.2d 637. The court rejected the defendant's due process argument, holding that the registration requirements provided a reasonable method of accomplishing the legislature's desired objective of protecting children. Adams, 144 Ill.2d at 390, 163 Ill.Dec. 483, 581 N.E.2d 637.
In addition, the supreme court also rejected the defendant's eighth amendment argument holding that the registration requirement did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Adams, 144 Ill.2d at 389, 163 Ill.Dec. 483, 581 N.E.2d 637. In so ruling, the supreme court noted that the legislative history of the Act indicated that its purpose was to protect children and was therefore nonpenal. Adams, 144 Ill.2d at 387, 163 Ill.Dec. 483, 581 N.E.2d 637. Moreover, the court explained that the registration requirement was not severe in comparison to the potential alternative of spending an extended period of time in prison. Adams, 144 Ill.2d at 387-88, 163 Ill.Dec. 483, 581 N.E.2d 637. The court therefore concluded that the Habitual Registration Act did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment. Adams, 144 Ill.2d at 389, 163 Ill.Dec. 483, 581 N.E.2d 637.
Effective January 1, 1993, the Habitual Registration Act was amended, and its title became the Child Sex Offender Registration Act (730 ILCS 150/1 et seq. (West 1994)). This act required the registration of (1) all child sex offenders who, after July 1986, had been convicted of at least two sex crimes; or (2) any person, who after January 1, 1993, had been convicted of a first sex offense against a victim under the age of 18. 730 ILCS 150/2, 3 (West 1994).
In People v. Starnes, 273 Ill.App.3d 911, 210 Ill.Dec. 417, 653 N.E.2d 4 (1995), the defendant argued that the registration requirements of the Child Sex Offender Registration Act constituted punishment in violation of state and federal ex post facto clauses. Starnes, 273 Ill.App.3d at 913, 210 Ill.Dec. 417, 653 N.E.2d 4. In 1994, the defendant in Starnes was convicted of a sex offense that took place from 1990 to 1991. Starnes, 273 Ill.App.3d at 912, 210 Ill.Dec. 417, 653 N.E.2d 4. The defendant argued that, at the time of the offense, the Habitual Registration Act required registration only after conviction of a second offense. However, because he was convicted of the sex offense after the effective date of the Child Sex Offender Registration Act, he was required to register after conviction of a first offense. Starnes, 273 Ill.App.3d at 913, 210 Ill.Dec. 417, 653 N.E.2d 4.
On appeal, the Appellate Court, First District, determined that the defendant had waived his ex post facto argument as he failed to raise the issue in the trial court. Starnes, 273 Ill.App.3d at 914, 210 Ill.Dec. 417, 653 N.E.2d 4. Notwithstanding this determination, the court stated that, even if the issue had not been waived, the defendant would not prevail as the registration provisions did not constitute punishment in violation of the ex post facto clause. Starnes, 273 Ill.App.3d at 915, 210 Ill.Dec. 417, 653 N.E.2d 4. The court in Starnes noted that the Child Sex Offender Registration Act only required a convicted child sex offender to fill out a form informing police of his address and determined that such a requirement did not constitute punishment. Starnes, 273 Ill.App.3d at 915, 210 Ill.Dec. 417, 653 N.E.2d 4.
In addition, the court noted that a defendant did not have an absolute right to be tried or sentenced under the law as it existed at the time of the offense. Starnes, 273 Ill.App.3d at 915, 210 Ill.Dec. 417, 653 N.E.2d 4. The court explained that statutes imposing some collateral consequence upon a conviction may be applied retroactively if their purpose is not to punish the offender but to protect some other legitimate public interest. Starnes, 273 Ill.App.3d at 915, 210 Ill.Dec. 417, 653 N.E.2d 4. Since the statute at issue was designed to aid law enforcement agencies, the court concluded that its provisions could be applied retroactively. Starnes, 273 Ill.App.3d at 915, 210 Ill.Dec. 417, 653 N.E.2d 4.
The legislature further modified the registration requirements under the Sex Offender Registration Act (730 ILCS 150/1 et seq. (West 1996)), which became effective January 1, 1996. Unlike its predecessors, this act applied retroactively to all sex offenders, as defined by the statute. 730 ILCS 150/2 (West 1996). In addition, the legislature enacted the Child Sex Offender and Murderer Community Notification Law (730 ILCS 152/101 et seq. (West 1996)), which became effective June 1, 1996.
Effective July 24, 1997, the legislature made further amendments to the Sex Offender Registration Act (Registration Act) (730 ILCS 150/1 et seq. (West Supp.1997)). In addition, the Child Sex Offender and Murderer Community Notification Law was repealed, and the Sex Offender and Child Murderer Community Notification Law (Notification Law) (730 ILCS 152/101 et seq. (West Supp.1997)) became effective. The defendant herein fails to cite to the amended version of the Registration Act and instead only cites the repealed version of the Notification Law. However, as the recently amended version of the Registration Act and the newly enacted Notification Law have retroactive application to all sex offenders as defined by the Registration Act, we will focus our discussion on the constitutionality of these statutes as amended.
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