People v. Thompson, No. A123269

Trial court's finding that defendant was subject to mandatory registration as a sex offender under Penal Code section 290 based on a sodomy conviction is reversed and remanded as an order imposing mandatory sex offender registration on defendant due to his conviction for a mutually voluntary act of sodomy with a 17-year-old minor violates his right to equal protection, as guaranteed by the federal and California Constitutions.    

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Appellate Information

Filed September 29, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Margulies

Counsel

For Appellant:  Jeffrey S. Kross, under appointment by the Court of Appeal

For Appelle:  Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kaye and Christopher W. Grove, Deputy Attorneys General