COA reverses predator’s lifetime registration
The Court of Appeals upheld a defendant’s convictions and sentence for multiple sexual offenses but reversed the trial court’s determination he is a sexually violent predator requiring lifetime registration, citing the statute that was in place during the time the crime happened should dictate the defendant’s predator status. In Anthony Thompson v. State of Indiana, 03A01-0610-CR-430, Thompson appealed his convictions and sentence of 63 years for sexual offenses against the victim, as well as his status as a lifetime sexually violent predator….