Bobby Joe Cosper v. State of Alabama.

The appellant, Bobby Joe Cosper, was convicted of violating the Community Notification Act, § 15-20-20 et seq., Ala.Code 1975 (“the CNA”), by failing to give timely notice of his intent to transfer his residence, a violation of § 15-20-23, and for failing to report to law-enforcement agencies semiannually to verify his place of residence, a violation of § 15-20-24.1

The State’s evidence tended to show that in 2001 Cosper pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree rape and was sen*188tenced to 15 years’ imprisonment. As a result of that conviction Cosper was required to register as a sex…