People v. Duncan

Defendant, Gary Leigh Duncan, appeals the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of failure to register as a sex offender. Specifically, defendant challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal. We reverse and remand.

I. Background

In 1990, defendant was convicted of first degree sexual assault and sentenced to thirteen years in the Department of Corrections. Defendant was subsequently released, and on September 21, 2001, he met with a crime lab technician from the Lakewood Police Department who informed him of the sex…