Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Ilana H. Eisenstein, Esq.  Office of the United States Attorney  1007 North Orange Street, Suite 700  P.O. Box 2046  Wilmington, DE 19899  -AND- Jennifer Leonardo

Ilana H. Eisenstein, Esq.  Office of the United States Attorney  1007 North Orange Street, Suite 700  P.O. Box 2046  Wilmington, DE 19899  -AND- Jennifer Leonardo, Esq.  United States Department of Justice  Criminal Division, Public Integrity Section  1400 New York Avenue, N.W.  Washington, D.C. 20530 Counsel for Appellee ____________ OPINION OF THE COURT ____________ BARRY, Circuit Judge Thomas Pendleton, previously convicted of a qualifying sex offense, was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a) for traveling in interstate and foreign commerce and knowingly failing to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”). On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence at trial, as well as SORNA‟s constitutionality under the Due Process and Commerce Clauses. We will affirm.  I.  BACKGROUND The one-count indictment in this case charged that [f]rom on or about January 28, 2008, to on or about March 10, 2008, in the State and District of Delaware and elsewhere, THOMAS S. PENDLETON, defendant herein, a person required to register under Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Title 42

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