United States v. Bridges

OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES P. JONES, District Judge.

The defendant in this criminal case, William David Bridges, has moved to dismiss the Indictment for failure to state an offense. The Indictment charges that he traveled in interstate commerce and knowingly failed to register and update his state registration as a sex offender, as required by the Sex Offender Notification and Reg*678istration Act, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2250 (West 2007). The defendant contends that as a matter of law he cannot be convicted of this charge because he has never been convicted of a predicate sex offense. Because I…