STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 45190 -5,
Respondent,
v.
CORY BRENT BREIDT, PUBLISHED OPINION
Appellant.
LEE, J. — The trial court found Cory Brent Breidt guilty of failure to register as a sex
offender. Breidt appeals, arguing that the failure to register statute is unconstitutionally vague as
applied to him because the statute does not adequately define " change," " residence," " residence
address," or the phrase " changes his or her residence address." We hold that the individual terms
change," " residence," and " residence address" are sufficiently defined by either prior case law or
their ordinary meaning. We further hold that the entire phrase " changes his or her residence
address" is sufficiently clear that a person of common intelligence would understand that being
evicted and moving out of a house involved a change of residence address. As a result, we hold
that Breidt has failed to meet his burden to prove the failure to register statute is unconstitutionally
vague as applied to him, and we affirm.
FACTS
On August 21, 2012, Breidt registered as a sex offender with the Cowlitz County Sheriff' s
Office and listed his residence on Southwest Second Avenue in Kelso, Washington. He did not
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submit a change of address to the Cowlitz County Sheriff between November 1, 2012 and February
4, 2013.
On November 27, 2012, Kelso Police Detective Rich Fletcher went to that address to verify
that Breidt was residing there. Fletcher made contact with Porfitio Chavez, who identified himself
as a resident of the house. Fletcher was unable to make contact with Breidt at that residence