U.S. v. WASS

No. 18-4547.

954 F.3d 184 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Edward Jay WASS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jacob D. Pugh , OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Eric Joseph Brignac , OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert J. Higdon, Jr. , United States Attorney, Jennifer P. May-Parker , Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. G. Alan DuBois , Federal Public Defender, OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge Wynn wrote the opinion, in which Judge Keenan and Judge Rushing joined.


Defendant Edward Wass was indicted in March 2018 for a violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA"), 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a). The indictment alleged that between September 2016 and February 2018, Wass traveled interstate and knowingly failed to register as a sex offender as he was required to do...

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