People v. VelascoHernandez CA4/3

Filed 3/17/26 P. v. VelascoHernandez CA4/3

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent, G065009

v. (Super. Ct. No. 24HF1464)

EUGENIO OPINION VELASCOHERNANDEZ,

Defendant and Appellant.

Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, Walter P. Schwarm, Judge. Affirmed. John L. Staley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Charles C. Ragland, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arlene A. Sevidal, Assistant Attorney General,

Collette C. Cavalier and Ksenia Gracheva, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant. * * * Defendant Eugenio VelascoHernandez appeals from the trial court’s order requiring that he register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, as a result of his conviction for violating Penal Code section 288.3, subdivision (a) (section 288.3(a)).1 We conclude lifetime registration was required under the plain language of section 290, subdivision (d)(3)(C)(xi) (section 290(d)(3)(C)(xi)), and the trial court did not err. We therefore affirm. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In July 2024, defendant communicated by messages on social media and text with a police officer. Defendant believed the officer was a 13- year-old boy. In these communications, defendant expressed an intent to engage in lewd conduct with the “boy.” Defendant was arrested at a park where he had arranged to meet the “boy.” A jury convicted defendant of contacting a minor with the intent to commit a crime. (§ 288.3(a).)2 The trial court suspended imposition of sentence, placed defendant on two years’ supervised probation, and ordered defendant to register for life as a sex offender. (§ 290(d)(3)(C)(xi).) Defendant filed a timely notice of appeal.