P. v. Perkins
Appellant Paul Thomas Perkins was convicted of violating Penal Code[1]section 288, subdivision (a) in 1985. The conviction required mandatory sex offender registration under section 290. Appellant was informed of his duty to register and to notify law enforcement authorities of any change of residence. After appellant was released from prison for the 1985 conviction, he registered with the Kings County Sheriffs Office. In 1992, appellant moved to the State of Missouri without notifying the authorities of his change of address.
Appellant contends that (1) his conviction for failure to notify the authorities of his move out of state cannot stand because the registration statute in effect in 1991 was ambiguous (relying on People v. Franklin (1999) 20 Cal.4th 249 (Franklin)) and (2) the abstract of judgment erroneously lists the date of conviction as January 31, 2007, when the correct date was January 31, 2008. Court affirm the conviction but agree that the abstract of judgment should be corrected to reflect the date of conviction as January 31, 2008.
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