Category: Sex Crimes

Sevier County has stepped up enforcement of unlicensed massage parlors. The result can be embarrassing criminal charges for both the owners and patrons of the establishments. It’s easy for small business owners to run afoul of Tennessee’s business licensing requirements. When the business is a massage parlor, operating without a license can be far more

In July 2006, Congress passed the Sex-Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”), which provides federal criminal penalties for sex offenders who move across state lines and fail to comply with sex offender registration requirements. The act indicated that the Attorney General would have the authority to specify how and to what extent the act would apply to

In the summer of 2010, the Tennessee Supreme Court released an opinion in the case of Marcus Ward v. State, which held that it was constitutional error when a trial court failed to advise a defendant pleading guilty about the lifetime community supervision requirement which is a mandatory consequence of conviction of many sex crimes. The Tennessee Supreme