People v. Halbert

Opinion by JUDGE BERNARD.

*48¶ 1 This appeal raises the question whether the offense of failing to register as a sex offender, contrary to section 18-3-412.5(1)(a), C.R.S.2012 ("[f]ailure to register pursuant to article 22 of title 16, C.R.S."), is a "catchall" that incorporates all of the registration duties that article 22 of title 16 imposes upon sex offenders. We answer the question "no" because, although subsection 412.5(1)(a) incorporates some of those duties, it does not incorporate them all. Rather, we conclude that (1) subsection 412.5(1)(a) refers to a discrete and statutorily defined…