California’s Sixth District Court of Appeal upholds lifetime sex offender registration for offenders convicted of lewd acts with minors under Penal Code section 288(c)(1), rejecting an equal protection challenge comparing them to section 288(a) offenders who face shorter registration periods.
Sixth District holds that an electric bicycle is not a ‘motor vehicle’ under the Vehicle Code, and the DMV cannot suspend a rider’s driver’s license for refusing a blood-alcohol test after being stopped while riding an e-bike under the influence.
The Sixth District ordered a trial court to reinstate blood-alcohol evidence in a DUI murder case, holding that a defendant’s breath-test request is irrelevant to blood-draw warrant probable cause and that the implied consent statute does not override a valid warrant.