People v. Stedge

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Chemung County (Hayden, J.), rendered December 2, 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). A February 2013 indictment charged defendant with the crime of failure to register as a sex offender (see Correction Law § 168-t), arising from allegations that he moved from his registered address in Chemung County without…