Does a defendant have to register as a sex offender because of a prior sexual assault conviction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Holford, 136 Cal.Rptr.3d 713, 203 Cal.App.4th 155 (Cal. App. 2012):
12 But see People v. Cajina (2005) 127 Cal.App.4th 929, 932, 933, 26 Cal.Rptr.3d 171 (in a prosecution for a violation of Penal Code section 290 [failure to register as a sex offender], the prosecution was not required to sanitize the sexual nature of the prior felony conviction by stipulating that defendant "had a statutory duty to register because of a felony conviction ").
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