Case Summary: Alaska vs. Wright (US) decided on 26 April 2021
The case concerns 28 U.S.C ss. 2241 & 2254 and Sixth amendment. Author: Utkarsh Agarwal, JMI Facts: In 2009, Sean Wright was convicted of committing sexual abuse of a minor 13 times, by an Alaska jury. Wright finished his sentence in 2016 and thereafter moved to Tenessee. However, he failed to register himself as a sex offender as is required by federal law. Sex offender Registration and Notification Act, 120 Stat. 591, section 113 (a) requires a sexual offender to register themselves with the jurisdiction of their residence, where they are an employee ad where they are a student. However, any such failure is punishable with a maximum jail term of 10 years. Wright pleaded guilty for his failure to register and as a result, was sentenced to the term served along with the supervised release of 5 years. While his federal proceedings were in the process, Wright filed a writ of habeas corpus in the US District Court for the District of Alaska under 28 U.S.C ...