111 S.Ct. 352, 112 L.Ed.2d 316 (1990) (citations omitted). See also Polk v. State, 405 So.2d 758, 761-62 (Fla.Dist.Ct.App.1981) (listing ineligibility for parole, loss of good time, and loss of rights of citizenship as collateral consequences of a guilty plea). “ ‘The distinction between direct and collateral consequences of a plea “turns on whether the result represents a definite, immediate and largely automatic effect on the range of the defendant’s 'punishment.”’” State v. Ward, 123 Wash.2d 488, 869 P.2d 1062, 1075 (1994) (citations omitted) (emphasis added). Registration and community notification requirements for sex offenders do not constitute punishment. See Commonwealth v. Gaffney, 702 A.2d 565 (Pa.Super.Ct.1997); Doe v. Poritz, 142 N.J. 1, 662 A.2d 367 (N.J.1995); Ward, supra (<HOLDING>). Because the registration and notification
holding that sex offender registration statute is civil and nonpunitive and recognizing that ejnsuring public safety is  a fundamental regulatory goal holding that sex offender registration and notification do not constitute punishment holding that a failure to update sexoffender registration should not be considered a minor or technical offense when committed as part of a more general course of conduct that demonstrates a deliberate general unwillingness to comply with the sex offender registration requirements holding that the requirement of sex offender registration for the defendants conviction of false imprisonment of a minor was not cruel and unusual punishment and did not violate substantive or procedural due process holding evidence was legally insufficient to support conviction for violation of sex offender registration requirement