A Pennsylvania man has launched an appeal after a Leon County circuit judge dismissed his challenge to a Florida law that kept him on a sexual-offender registry after a 10-day family vacation to Walt Disney World in 2015.
The man, identified in court documents as John Doe, filed a notice Wednesday that he was taking the case to the 1st District Court of Appeal. As is common, the notice did not detail legal arguments that the man’s lawyers will make at the appeals court.
I live in Texas. And I’m from Kansas. I have no duty to register in Kansas. I moved down here to help a brother. Once I got here I was forced to register. I have no duty to register in my home state but Texas has its own rules. Even their law says my duty to register is controlled by my sending state. But define it otherwise in their law to basically say that they will decide who must register. Now even if I go back the registration will follow me there.
Not sure where to post this, but Fox 35 in Orlando is reporting that someone used a device called an Airtag to stalk a teenage girl at Disney. My bet is the stalker is not on the registry and because they were allowed in the theme park.
The Leon County Judge has failed to recognize the whole purpose of the contest. John Doe is not contesting the fact that he was put on the registry in 2015 . He is contesting the fact that Florida has decided to add to his original punishment by keeping him on the registry longer than the State of his original conviction, which is not something from past but is an ongoing situation of the present.
What is it going to take to get this into the numskull heads of these no brain judges.
Seeing the Court actions for what they are, a delaying tactic.
At this point it’s just a matter of when, not if, this is properly heard within the “System.”
I never heard of a 4 year limitation to file an appeal. I too had to register in Florida while on a vacation for a week.
One week in the sun and a lifetime getting fried by Florida.
Mac
It’s not a four year limitation to file an appeal.
And he is continually called a sex offender as well, as even the headline states. It would seem to reason (by any reasonable person) that once he leaves a state, an “Unregistering” event should be in order.
This further proves the Florida registry is not only for profit, but punitive in nature since it continues to follow him. It follows him as he is no longer any danger to the state of Florida since he does not reside here.
* Probably was no danger even when he WAS here.