Najam, J.
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Timothy W. Moore appeals his conviction for failure to register as a sex offender, as a Class D felony, following a jury trial. Moore presents a single issue for our review, namely, whether the State presented sufficient evidence to support his conviction. We affirm.
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Following his conviction for child molesting in 2007, Moore registered as a sex offender with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department. As a registrant, Moore was required to … notify the Sheriff’s Department of any address changes. When he moved to another residence within Hamilton County in 2010, Moore notified the Sheriff’s Department of the move. However, after Moore was evicted from that residence, Moore moved to Kentucky in March 2014 without notifying the Sheriff’s Department.
… Accordingly, the State charged Moore with failure to register as a sex offender, as a Class D felony. A jury found him guilty as charged. The trial court entered judgment and sentence accordingly. This appeal ensued.
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… On appeal, Moore contends that “the Indiana statutory scheme that implements a requirement to register applies [to] individuals who have specific, particular ties to Indiana[.]” [Record citations omitted throughout.] Appellant’s Br. at 7. And he maintains that,
… Put simply, on March 12, 2014—the date that the State charged and argued as the pertinent date during closing argument—Moore was no longer a resident of Indiana. As such, per Indiana Code [Section] 11-8-8-7(a), Moore was no longer required to register on the Indiana Registry.
Moore’s argument on appeal misses the mark. Indiana Code Section 11-8-8- 7(a) governs who is required to register as a sex offender in Indiana. There is no dispute that Moore complied with that statute when he registered as a sex offender following his 2007 child molesting conviction. The question presented here is whether Moore violated Indiana Code Section 11-8-8-17(a)(5), which requires a sex offender to reside at his registered address. [Citation omitted.] Moore does not dispute the evidence showing that he did not reside at his registered address on March 12, 2014. Moore’s obligation to comply with Indiana’s sex offender registry statutes did not cease because he moved out of state. [Footnote omitted.] Indeed, Moore was required to notify the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department of his move to Kentucky within seventy-two hours of the move. I.C. § 11-8-8-11 (2013); [case citation omitted]. The State presented sufficient evidence to prove that Moore failed to register as a sex offender pursuant to Indiana Code Section 11-8-8-17(a)(5), as charged.
Affirmed.
Kirsch, J., and Barnes, J., concur.