Illinois Appellate Court
Criminal Court
Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act
(Court opinion corrected 3/12/14.) After jury trial, Defendant was convicted of failing to register as a sex offender, under Sex Offender Registration Act. Under the Act, a fixed residence includes any and all places where an offender resides for aggregate period of five days or more in a calendar year. Offenders who are in voluntary inpatient treatment are not excused from registration requirements, and inpatient facility may be considered a fixed residence for those residing there at least five days per year Offender who presents himself for registration and is turned away for lack of form of ID the Act does not require is not in violation of Act's registration requirements.(NEVILLE and PUCINSKI, concurring.)