Court Opinion

ID: 7757411
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 20:30:30.673993+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:40:30.839248
License: Public Domain

I concur in those portions of the majority opinion affirming Radney's conviction for failing to register as a convicted felon and reversing Radney's conviction for possession of drug paraphernalia and rendering a judgment in his favor as to that conviction.
I respectfully dissent from that portion of the majority opinion reversing Radney's conviction for failing to register as a sex offender and rendering a judgment in his favor as to that conviction. In my opinion, a federal court meets the definition of "similar" as that word is defined in Black's Law Dictionary. I do not believe that the Legislature intended to exempt individuals convicted of sex offenses in federal courts — particularly those individuals convicted in a federal court within the State of Alabama — from the registration requirements of § 13A-11-200, Ala. Code 1975. Therefore, I must dissent from the majority's decision as to this conviction.