People v. Farley CA3

BACKGROUND

Defendant was required to register as a sex offender due to his 2001 conviction for forcible rape. Upon his release from prison in 2007, defendant moved to Tehama County and registered as a sex offender with the sheriff’s office annually between 2007 and 2011. He also registered a change of address after he was released from custody in 2010. Defendant acknowledged the conditions of registration, one of which required registration in person within five days of an address change. He last registered with Tehama County in April 2011. After defendant completed parole in July 2011, he moved to Oregon, taking his trailer home with him. In May 2012 he was arrested in Oregon for his failure to register. Defendant testified that prior concussions and strokes adversely affected his memory. He acknowledged hearing testimony that when he had registered with the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department, they would read the requirements for registration to him and get him to initial them; but he said he could not always hear what they were saying (although he did not tell them he could not hear them). He admitted receiving copies of the registration documents every time he registered.

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