P. v. Antony
Defendant Steven Antony challenges the judgment of the trial court to the extent that the judgment requires that he register as a sex offender pursuant to Penal Code[1] section 290. The trial court ordered Antony to register as a sex offender as part of the sentence that the court imposed on Antony after he pleaded guilty to two counts of lewd acts with a minor between the ages of 14 and 15, and three counts of unlawful intercourse with a minor more than three years younger than Antony. Antony contends that imposition of the mandatory registration requirement on him, based on his convictions for lewd acts with a minor between the ages of 14 and 15, violates his right to equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment because whether mandatory sex offender registration--as opposed to discretionary registration--applies to a defendant may be based on a discretionary charging decision of the district attorney, rather than on the offender's conduct. Court reject Antony's argument and affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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