Ala. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 15-20A-12(A)

Failing to Report as Homeless Sex Offender

(Adult)

The defendant is charged with failing to report as a homeless adult sex offender.

A person commits the crime of failing to report as a homeless adult sex offender if

he/she is an adult sex offender, no longer has a fixed residence, and fails to appear in

person and report this change in fixed residence to local law enforcement where he/she

is located immediately upon this change in fixed residence.

To convict, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following

elements:

(1) The defendant was an adult sex offender;

(2) The defendant no longer had a fixed residence;

(3) The defendant failed to appear in person and report this change in fixed

residence to local law enforcement where he/she was located immediately

upon this change in fixed residence; (AND)

(4) The defendant did so knowingly.

An adult sex offender is a person convicted of a sex offense. [15-20A-4(1)]

A sex offense includes any of the following offenses: [Insert all appropriate from

15-20A-5].

A conviction is a verdict or finding of guilt as the result of a trial, a plea of guilty, a

plea of nolo contende re, or an Alford plea regardless of whether adjudication was

withheld. Conviction includes, but is not limited to, a conviction in a United States territory,

a conviction in a federal or military tribunal, including a court martial conducted by the

Armed Forces of the Uni ted States, a conviction for an offense committed on an Indian

reservation or other federal property, a conviction in any state of the United States or a

conviction in a foreign country if the foreign country's judicial system is such that it

satisfies min imum due process set forth in the guidelines under Section 111(5)(B) of

Public Law 109 -248. Cases on appeal are deemed convictions until reversed or

overturned. [15-20A-4(4)]

A fixed residence is a building or structure, having a physical address or stree t

number, that adequately provides shelter at which a person resides. [15-20A-4(6)]

Local law enforcement is the sheriff of the county and the chief of police if the

location subject to registration is within the corporate limits of any municipality. [15-20A-

4(13)]

Immediately is within three business days. [15-20A-4(10)]

A person acts knowingly with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described

by a statute defining an offense he/she is aware that his/her conduct is of that nature or

that the circumstance exists. [13A-2-2(2)]

If you find from the evidence that the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt

each of the elements of the offense, then you shall find the defendant guilty of this offense.

If you find that the State has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any one

or more of the elements of the offense, then you cannot find the defendant guilty of this

offense.