People v. Franklin

Opinion

CHIN, J.

State law imposes an annual registration requirement on certain sex offenders while they reside or are located in California. (Pen. Code, § 290, subd. (a)(1)(A), (C).)1 Offenders subject to registration must also notify authorities of any change of their address. (§ 290, subd. (f)(1).) A 1998 amendment to section 290, adding subdivision (f)(1), specifically requires offenders to give change-of-address notification on leaving California. (Stats. 1998, ch. 930, § 1.1.)

Defendant in the present case failed to notify the California authorities with whom he had initially registered…