In re J.M. CA3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Modoc) ----

In re J.M., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court C102065 Law.

THE PEOPLE, (Super. Ct. No. JL-21-032)

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

J.M.,

Defendant and Appellant.

After minor J.M. admitted to allegations of multiple sex offenses, the juvenile court ordered him to register as a sex offender pursuant to Penal Code1 section 290.008. On appeal, minor argues the court lacked the authority to require him to register. The People agree, as do we. We strike the registration requirement.

1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In 2021, the prosecution filed an amended juvenile wardship petition alleging that minor came within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court because he had committed forcible rape of a child under 14 years of age, a lewd and lascivious act upon a child under 14 years of age, and forcible oral copulation upon a child under 14 years of age. Minor admitted the allegations. The juvenile court adjudged him a ward and committed him to the El Dorado County juvenile treatment center. The court ordered minor to register as a “Tier 2” sex offender for a period of 10 years pursuant to section 290.008. In April 2022, the juvenile court ordered minor be released to the custody of his father under the supervision of a probation officer. The court again ordered minor to register as a sex offender. In June 2022, the prosecution filed a subsequent juvenile wardship petition alleging that minor came within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court because he had committed assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury. The probation department also filed a petition alleging minor had violated the conditions of his wardship. Minor admitted the allegations in the prosecution’s petition and stipulated this admission was also an admission to the allegations in the probation department’s petition. The juvenile court committed minor to the Sonoma County secure youth treatment facility and ordered that, upon his release, he had to register as a sex offender pursuant to section “290.08.”2 In August 2024, over minor’s objection, the juvenile court again ordered that upon his release, minor register as a tier two sex offender for 10 years. Minor appeals.