Legal Opinion
United States v. Crowder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 30, 2011No. 10-30125PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IKUTA, Circuit Judge:
The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) imposes criminal penalties on any person who “knowingly fails to register or update a registration as required by [SORNA].” 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a). This appeal requires us to decide whether the government must prove that a defendant knew that SORNA imposed a registration requirement in order to convict a defendant of a violation of this statute. We join our sister circuits in holding that the government need not prove this knowledge element and affirm the district court.
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