Justin Taylor v. State of Indiana, 975 N.E.2d 392

Taylor pled guilty to Class C felony child molesting in 2008 and was required to register as a sex offender for ten years after release in 2009.
He registered initially on June 19, 2009 and again on July 1, 2009 when changing addresses.
In May 2011 he was convicted of criminal confinement and later placed on home detention at 1725 Sloan, an address not listed on the registry.
A compliance officer learned Taylor was not living at the registered addresses and arrested him for failing to register.
The State charged him with Class D felony failure to register; the trial court convicted Taylor, and this appeal followed.
The issue on appeal is whether the evidence proves Taylor knowingly failed to update his registration when his address changed.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Did Taylor knowingly fail to register when his address changed?	Taylor argues he did not knowingly fail because he was unaware of the registration requirement upon release to home detention.	Taylor contends he believed he was under monitoring and thus not required to register anew.	Yes; the conviction is supported; knowledge may be inferred from notice and signings.

Wilson v. State, 835 N.E.2d 1044 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005) (knowledge may be inferred from circumstances)
Drane v. State, 867 N.E.2d 144 (Ind. 2007) (standard for sufficiency of evidence; weigh credibility is for fact-finder)