United States Ninth Circuit

In an appeal from a judgment of the district court convicting defendant for failing to register as a sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), 18 U.S.C. section 2250(a), conviction and sentencing are affirmed where the government is not required to prove that a defendant knew that SORNA imposed a registration requirement in order to sustain a conviction under the statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/30/2011
• Published 08/30/2011

Judges

• IKUTA

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Donahoe, Marcia Hurd