People v. Stedge

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Tioga County (Keene, J.), rendered December 9, 2013, convicting defendant upon his plea of guilty of the crime of failure to register as a sex offender.

In 2008, defendant pleaded guilty to the crime of forcible touching and was required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act (see Correction Law art 6-C [hereinafter SORA]). In September 2013, the Tioga County Sheriffs office filed a felony complaint against defendant for failure to register as a sex offender, stemming from allegations that he did not register his change of address with…