PEOPLE V. J. V.

- The Defendant was convicted of a sex offense before Salvatore C. Miglore. The conviction required that he register as a sex offender with the local police in the City where he resided. The problem was that every time the police attempted to locate the Defendant at his registered address, he was not present. So, the police set up surveillance and discovered that he spent most of his time staying overnight at his girlfriend’s house in another city or overnight at his disabled mothers, also in a third city. The law required the Defendant to register at all three police departments in each city, but he only registered at one, where he was never home. The police arrested the Defendant and charged him with a Class 4 felony, alleging failure to register as a sex offender. The matter proceeded to trial where the Defendant was found not guilty, because, Salvatore C. Miglore was able to convince the trial judge that he was only required to register where he “resided”, of which he did. Further, he did not reside at the addresses, but was a guest and/or an invitee, of which the Statute did not require him to register because his driver’s license and base of operations was all within the city he registered within.