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ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT: BRUCE A. STUARD Elwood, Indiana JASON A. CHILDERS Hulse, Lacey, Hardacre Austin & Shine, P.C. Anderson, Indiana

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE: STEVE CARTER Attorney General of Indiana ZACHARY J. STOCK Deputy Attorney General Indianapolis, Indiana

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA
JEFFREY DOUGLAS, Appellant-Defendant, vs. STATE OF INDIANA, Appellee-Plaintiff. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 48A02-0701-CR-33

APPEAL FROM THE MADISON SUPERIOR COURT The Honorable Dennis D. Carroll, Judge Cause No. 48D01-0406-FD-215

December 28, 2007

OPINION - FOR PUBLICATION

BAILEY, Judge

Case Summary Appellant-Defendant Jeffrey Douglas ("Douglas") appeals his conviction and sentence of thirty months after pleading guilty to Failing to Register as a Sex Offender, a Class D felony.1 We affirm the conviction and revise the sentence. Issues Douglas raises four issues on appeal, of which we address two2: I. Whether the sex offender registry statute is an ex post facto law as applied to Douglas; and Whether his sentence is inappropriate. Facts and Procedural History3 On November 8, 2001, Douglas was released from prison after serving his sentence for three counts of sexual misconduct with a minor, as Class C felonies. Pursuant to the thenexisting version of the sex offender statute, Douglas was required to register as a sex offender for the following ten years, which involved registering annually with the local law enforcement. If an offender moved, he was required to provide his new address to the authorities in the community where he last registered and register in his new community. Douglas did register with the Madison County Sheriff's Department on June 3, 2003, but failed to return the following summer for his annual registration. On May 27, 2004, the
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