P. v. Shaw CA6
Defendant Merle Keith Shaw was convicted of a sex offense in 1997, and as a result he was required to register as a sex offender. He was convicted of violating his registration obligation in 2008 and 2013. In May 2014, he was contacted by a San Jose police officer. The officer ran a records check and learned that defendant was a sex offender registrant who had last registered in November 2013 at a Peach Court address. Defendant told the officer that he had been transient and homeless since February 2014. He claimed that he did not know that he was required to register every 30 days when transient. Defendant was arrested and charged with failing to reregister as a sex offender (Pen. Code, § 290.011, subd. (b)). In July 2014, he entered into a plea agreement under which he pleaded no contest to that count in exchange for probation with a six-month jail sentence. He was placed on probation in September 2014.
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