Lewis v. Superior Court

Opinion

PREMO, J.

I. Introduction

In 1987, a jury convicted Philander Lewis of two counts of oral copulation with a minor under the age of 18. (Pen. Code, § 288a, subd. (b)(1).) The trial court placed Lewis on probation and ordered him to register as a sex offender as required by section 290. Twenty years later, Lewis filed a motion in the superior court asking the court to lift the lifetime registration requirement. Relying upon the California Supreme Court’s decision in People v. Hofsheier (2006) 37 Cal.4th 1185 [39 Cal.Rptr.3d 821, 129 P.3d 29] (Hofsheier), Lewis argued that mandatory sex…