California Court of Appeal, 5th District August 2, 2017, C080391 (People v. J.C. (In re J.C.))

Duarte, J.

*1203In this case, we hold that mandatory lifetime sex offender registration pursuant to Penal Code section 290.0081 for those adjudicated wards of the court based on the commission of certain sex offenses is not cruel and unusual punishment. We come to this conclusion because appellant has not established on this record that such registration is punishment.

When J.C.