State v. Johnson

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Steven Lennard Johnson appealed from a criminal judgment finding him guilty of failing to register as a sex offender. We affirm, holding the district court did not err by failing to instruct the jury on the affirmative defense of mistake of law, the prosecutor did not refer to Johnson’s right to remain silent during trial, the district court did not err when it denied Johnson’s motion for a new trial, and there was sufficient evidence to convict Johnson of failing to register as a sex offender.

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[¶ 2] In July of 2005, Steven Lennard Johnson was released from…