Opinion ID: 1742617
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Sex Offender Registration Violation; Jurisdiction.

Text: The second trial took place on September 10, 2002. Instead of retrying the sodomy and PFO charges contained in indictment number 01-CR-00015, the Commonwealth elected to consolidate the handgun charge in that indictment with the sex offense registration charge in indictment number 02-CR-00122 and try them together. Although indictment number 02-CR-00122 is not part of this record, the prosecutor and defense counsel referred to it on the morning of trial as a superseding indictment. The trial court overruled Appellant's motion to dismiss that indictment on grounds that it charged an offense that was only a misdemeanor. The Sex Offender Registration Act was enacted in 1994. 1994 Ky. Acts, ch. 392. It was amended in 1998 and 2000. 1998 Ky. Acts, ch. 606, §§ 138-154; 2000 Ky. Acts, ch. 401, §§ 15-30. The pertinent provisions of the 1994 Act, which was in effect when Appellant was released from prison on August 1, 1997, were as follows: