STATE v. BENNETT

No. 62962-0-I.

224 P.3d 849 (2010)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Clarence A. BENNETT, Jr., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

January 19, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Winkler, Nielson, Broman & Koch, PLLC, Seattle, WA, Monroe, WA, for Appellant.

Dennis John McCurdy, King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


GROSSE, J.

¶ 1 Residential status is not an element of the crime of failure to register as a sex offender. Here, the trial court properly instructed the jury that to convict, it must find that the defendant knowingly failed to comply with the sex offender registration requirements. Accordingly, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2 In 1991, Clarence Bennett, Jr. (Bennett) was convicted of a sex offense and was notified that he was required to register with...

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