State v. Bennett

¶1 Residential status is not an element of the crime of failure to register as a sex offender. Here, the trial court properly instructed the jury that to convict, it must find that the defendant knowingly failed to comply with the sex offender registration requirements. Accordingly, we affirm.

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¶2 In 1991, Clarence Bennett Jr. (Bennett) was convicted of a sex offense and was notified that he was required to register with the sheriff as a sex offender. In December 2006, he registered his address as that of his father, Clarence Bennett Sr. (Clarence Sr.). In December 2007, he was still…