Stroud v. State

Joseph Wesley Stroud pleaded guilty to violating § 13A-ll-200(b), Ala. Code 1975. He had been charged by an information that stated:

“JOSEPH WESLEY STROUD, a resident of Alabama, having heretofore been convicted in the Criminal Court of Memphis, Tennessee for the offense of Rape in the Second Degree, did knowingly and willfully fail or refuse to register his legal residence with the sheriff of the county of his legal residence, within seven days of his release from legal custody, in violation of Section 13A-ll-200(b) of the Criminal Code of Alabama....”

(C. 16.)

During the guilty-plea…