California Court of Appeal

Judgment rejecting plaintiff's claim that the mandatory sex-offender registration requirements of Penal Code section 290 deny him equal protection of the laws because they subject him to mandatory lifetime registration, as a civil action, treating the same as a petition for habeas corpus, and denying it, is affirmed, where: 1) a petition for writ of habeas corpus is the preferred method by which to challenge circumstances or actions declared unconstitutional after a defendant's conviction becomes final; and 2) the mandatory sex offender registration requirement under section 290 does not deny defendant equal protection of the laws.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/27/2013
• Published 03/27/2013

Judges

• CHANEY

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel