Commonwealth v. Johnson

MUSMANNO, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant Aaron K. Johnson (“Johnson”) appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed after he pled guilty to failing to register as a sex offender, 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 9793, and failing to verify his address, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9796. We affirm.

¶ 2 Johnson pled guilty in 1992 to rape and was sentenced to a prison term of two to six years. As a prerequisite to his release on parole, Johnson signed a sexual offender registration form on April 17, 1996. Thereafter, Johnson failed to re-register and verify his address; thus, a warrant was issued for Johnson’s arrest for violating sections…