P. v. Marquis
This is an appeal from an order denying Bret Marquis's postjudgment motion that the trial court remove a mandatory sex offender registration requirement from the judgment. After a jury trial, Bret Marquis was found guilty of voluntary oral copulation with a minor age 14 or 15 by a defendant over age 21. (Pen. Code, 288a, subd. (b)(2); see 288.) Pursuant to section 290's mandatory sex offender registration requirement for defendants convicted of certain specified sex offenses, Marquis was ordered to register as a sex offender. ( 290, subd. (a)(1)(A), (2)(A).) He challenged the registration requirement on appeal, arguing that his constitutional right to equal protection of the laws was violated because a defendant convicted of voluntary sexual intercourse with a minor in the same age group was subject only to section 290's discretionary sex offender registration requirement. In an unpublished opinion, Court rejected this challenge. (People v. Marquis (Oct. 18, 2005, D044601) (Marquis I).)
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