People v. Nunn CA1/5
Opinion
Opinion
Burns, J.
BACKGROUND
A.
Section 290.011, subdivision (a), requires that a person with a prior conviction for a sex offense who is living as a “transient” must register with law enforcement in the city or county where the person is present every 30 days. (See also §
1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.
1 290, subd. (c).) As relevant here, if such a transient person moves to a “residence,” the person must register with the chief of police of the city in which the person is residing within five working days. (§§ 290.011, subd. (b), 290, subd. (b).) A transient is “a person who has no residence.” (§ 290.011, subd. (g).) A residence is defined as “one or more addresses at which a person regularly resides, regardless of the number of days or nights spent there, such as a shelter or structure that can be located by a street address, including, but not limited to, houses, apartment buildings, motels, hotels, homeless shelters, and recreational and other vehicles.” (Ibid.) A person required to register based on a felony conviction who willfully violates the registration requirements is guilty of a felony. (§ 290.018, subd. (b).)