State v. Stamper

¶ 1. Defendant appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss a charge of failure to comply with the sex offender registry statute, second offense, in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 5409(a)(2). In 1999, defendant pled nolo contendere to a charge of lewd or lascivious conduct with a child as defined in 13 VS. A. § 2602. At the time of the conduct underlying his plea, defendant was seventeen years old and the victim was fifteen years old. Following his plea, defendant was required to register as a sex offender. In 2009 defendant failed to promptly register a change of address,…