State v. Alarcon

CHUTICH, Justice.

*643In this case we consider what it means to "leave[ ] a primary address" under Minnesota's predatory-offender registration statute, which makes an offender's knowing failure to register a felony offense. Minn. Stat. § 243.166, subds. 3a(a), 5(a) (2018). A jury found appellant Jose Alarcon, Jr. ("Alarcon") guilty of knowingly failing to register as a predatory offender when he did not register with local law enforcement authorities within 24 hours of leaving his registered primary address, a motel room in Albert Lea.

Alarcon appealed, and the court of appeals affirmed, concluding…