Barker

McGUINESS, P.J.

A jury convicted appellant Donald Barker of one count of willful failure to register as a sex offender within five working days of his birthday, in violation of Penal Code section 290, subdivision (g)(2). [1] Having dismissed in the interests of justice nine of appellant's ten prior convictions for purposes of the Three Strikes Law, the court sentenced him to state prison for a total term of nine years. On appeal, appellant contends we must reverse his conviction because (1) the trial court failed to instruct the jury correctly on the knowledge element of a section 290 violation; (2) the trial court erred prejudicially by instructing the jury that forgetting the statutory registration requirement was not a defense to the charge; (3) the trial court denied appellant's due process rights by so instructing the jury after it had allowed appellant to base his defense on having forgotten to register; and (4) there was insufficient evidence independent of his own extrajudicial admissions to establish the actual date of appellant's birthday for purposes of conviction. We conclude that to the extent the trial court did err in instructing the jury, any possible error was…