Carr v. United States
| Carr v. United States | |
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| Decided June 1, 2010 | |
| Full case name | Carr v. United States |
| Citations | 560 U.S. 438 (more) |
| Holding | |
| SORNA, which criminalizes interstate travel for sex offenders who do not register as a sex offender in the other state, does not apply to sex offenders whose interstate travel occurred before SORNA's effective date. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Sotomayor, joined by Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Breyer; Scalia (except Part III-C) |
| Concurrence | Scalia (in part) |
| Dissent | Alito, joined by Thomas, Ginsburg |
| Laws applied | |
| Ex Post Facto Clause | |
Carr v. United States, 560 U.S. 438 (2010), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, which criminalizes interstate travel for sex offenders who do not register as a sex offender in the other state, does not apply to sex offenders whose interstate travel occurred before SORNA's effective date.