Legal Opinion
People v. Hofsheier
California Supreme Court
Decided March 6, 2006No. S124636PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KENNARD, J.
Defendant, Vincent Peter Hofsheier, a 22-year-old man, pled guilty to oral copulation with a 16-year-old girl in violation of Penal Code section 288a, subdivision (b)(1) (hereafter section 288a(b)(l).)1 Under section 290, anyone convicted of certain sexual offenses, including a violation of section 288a(b)(l), must, while residing in California, register for life as a sex offender with the appropriate law enforcement agency. Defendant was therefore ordered to register as a sex offender.
Defendant appealed. He contended that he was denied the constitutionally guaranteed equal…
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