California Supreme Court
Feb. 19, 2014
State Supreme Court to consider sex offender registration
The California Supreme Court is considering reversing course and OK'ing automatic sex offender registration for people convicted of voluntary oral sex with a minor.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
He was 19 when he was convicted of having oral sex with his 17-year-old girlfriend.
Lonny Leon Rivera pled guilty to one count of oral copulation, and, as a result, was required to register for the rest of his life as a sex offender.
It doesn't matter that he subsequently married his "victim" and 25 years later remains married to her.
In 2012, prosecutors filed a cr...
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