California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Fernandez, D067551 (Cal. App. 2016):
person committed the offense as a result of sexual compulsion or for purposes of sexual gratification. The court shall state on the record the reasons for its findings and the reasons for requiring registration." ( 290.006.) "[U]nder the discretionary registration statute, the required finding need only be found true by a preponderance of the evidence." (People v. Mosley (2015) 60 Cal.4th 1044, 1052, fn. 4.)
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