Edgar

Michael Edgar (appellant) was convicted, following a jury trial, of one count of willfully violating the notification provisions of the state sex offender registration law. On appeal, he contends (1) there was not substantial evidence that he acquired a new residence address either in addition to or after leaving his Daly City residence address, and (2) the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury regarding the knowledge element of the charged offense and by instructing the jury that there was no requirement that appellant intended to violate the law. We find there was substantial evidence that appellant acquired a new or additional residence address. Nonetheless, the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury that appellant had to actually know that he was required to register the addition of a second address requires reversal of the judgment.

Statement of the Case

On July 11, 2000, appellant was charged by information with four counts of willfully violating the notification provisions of the state sex offender registration law (Pen. Code, § 290, subds. (a)(1), (f)). It was further alleged that appellant had two or more prior felony convictions (§ 1203, subd.…