Chad Loran Siegel v. Drew Evans

Summary

The court held that applying Minnesota’s predatory-offender-registration statute to require registration after a trial court entered a judgment of acquittal on the predicate predatory offense violates substantive due process under the Minnesota Constitution. Applying rational-basis review, the court concluded that registration in these circumstances is not rationally related to the statute’s public-safety purposes and is arbitrary and capricious. The court reversed and remanded for consideration of whether the claim is barred by the statute of limitations.