Legal Opinion
People v. J.C. (In re J.C.)
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided August 2, 2017No. C080391PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuarte, J.
*1203In this case, we hold that mandatory lifetime sex offender registration pursuant to Penal Code section 290.0081 for those adjudicated wards of the court based on the commission of certain sex offenses is not cruel and unusual punishment. We come to this conclusion because appellant has not established on this record that such registration is punishment.
When J.C. was 12 years old, the juvenile court adjudicated him a ward of the court based on his commission of a forcible lewd act (sodomy) on a five-year-old. (§ 288, subd. (b).) After J.C. failed at less restrictive commitments and was found…
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