State v. Howe

¶1 Kenneth E. Howe III appeals his convictions for two counts of failure to register as a sex offender, arguing that substantial evidence does not support his conviction. He argues that the State failed to prove that his prior California convictions for lewd acts on a child and for failure to register as a sex offender were comparable to any Washington sex offense.1 We hold that the California convictions are not comparable to Washington sex offenses; thus, the State failed to prove an element of the crime of failure to register as a sex offender in Washington. We reverse, vacate the…