P. v. Lewis
In 2000, as part of a negotiated no contest plea to charges involving sexual offenses against a minor, defendant Reginald Tyrone Lewis was ordered to register as a sex offender under the mandatory registration requirements set forth in Penal Code section 290.[1] After a new criminal complaint was filed against him for failing to update his sex offender registration, Lewis successfully moved to dismiss that complaint, and the trial court vacated his mandatory registration requirement as unlawful under People v. Hofsheier (2006) 37 Cal.4th 1185. The trial court then ordered Lewis to register as a sex offender under the discretionary provision of section 290.006. On appeal, Lewis contends that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to order him to register as a sexual offender under section 290.006. Court agree and therefore shall reverse.
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