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| Federal Court Backs California's Sex Offender Registration |
| By Los Angeles Times |
| Published: 08/26/2002 |
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Federal appellate justices upheld California's requirement that a sex offender must register with local police after release from prison on August 21, overturning a lower court ruling. 'The purpose is so law enforcement knows where convicted sex offenders live and can check up on them,' said Supervising Deputy Atty. Gen. Robert Foster, applauding the ruling. The ruling came in the case of Avelino Mendez, now 39, who was convicted of attempted rape in Victorville in 1982 and required by law to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. He was detained for marijuana possession in 1996 and, as a result, was charged and convicted of failing to tell police about his most recent move. The conviction was a third strike for Mendez, who was sentenced to 25 years to life. Mendez's attorneys persuaded a federal judge last year that he should not have been returned to prison for failing to register because he had provided his current address during an earlier arrest. With his conviction overturned, he was released from prison and deported to Mexico. Mendez's attorneys argued that he had followed the law because he had given his new address when arrested in April 1995 for spousal abuse. |
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