California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Medina, F074082 (Cal. App. 2018):
We note that the trial court could have required, in its discretion, that defendant register as a sex offender pursuant to section 290.006. When ordering discretionary sex offender registration, " 'the trial court must engage in a two-step process: (1) it must find whether the offense was committed as a result of sexual compulsion or for purposes of sexual gratification, and state the reasons for these findings; and (2) it must state the reasons for requiring lifetime registration as a sex offender.' " (People v. King (2007) 151 Cal.App.4th 1304, 1308.)
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