Brock Smith v. St. Louis County Police, and Gary Nelson Ford v. Col. Jon Belmar

Summary

The Court affirmed judgments denying Brock Smith and Gary Nelson Ford removal from Missouri's sex offender registry. It held that the plain language of section 589.400.1(7) requires lifetime Missouri registration for any resident who has been required to register under federal law, even after the federal registration period expires. The 2018 amendments did not alter that result because the relevant federal-registration language remained unchanged.