Commonwealth v. Schaff

The defendant, James Schaff, appeals from an order denying his motion for a new trial seeking to vacate his guilty plea to one count of failing to register as a sex offender, subsequent offense.2 ,3 We affirm.

Background. The following facts are drawn from the motion judge's memorandum of decision and order. The defendant is classified by the Sex Offender Registry Board as a level three offender. On Friday, February 15, 2013, he was released from incarceration on an unrelated offense. Although the defendant indicated on an incarcerated sex offender registry form that he was homeless and would…