State v. Hooper

¶1 When determining whether to relieve a petitioner of his duty to register as a sex offender for a crime he committed as a juvenile, a court must consider the nature of a registerable offense and criminal and relevant noncriminal behavior and “may consider other factors.” RCW 9A.44.140(4). The juvenile court in Spokane County requires that those petitioning to be relieved of their obligations to register as sex offenders take a polygraph test and undergo a psychological evaluation. And the court here denied petitions for relief from registration because the petitioners did not satisfy these…