California Court of Appeal

The denial of defendant's petition for a certificate of rehabilitation and pardon under Penal Code section 4852.01, which could have relieved him of the lifetime sex offender registration requirement pursuant to section 290.5 is reversed and remanded, where section 4852.01 and section 290.5 violate the equal protection principles of the state and federal Constitutions, to the extent they exclude persons convicted of violating section 288(a) from obtaining a certificate of rehabilitation and relief from the section 290 registration requirement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/15/2013
• Published 11/15/2013

Judges

• THOMPSON

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel