People v. Rood CA3

BACKGROUND

In 2012, defendant was convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14. (Pen. Code,1 § 288, subd. (a).) The trial court sentenced him to eight years in state prison. Defendant was released on parole in December 2023.

Undesignated statutory references are to the Penal Code.

1 In October 2024, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Adult Probation Operations, filed a petition alleging defendant violated parole by failing to (1) attend a mental health treatment program; and (2) participate in a sex offender treatment program. At the hearing, the parole agent testified that before defendant’s release from prison, the parole agent gave defendant a copy of the conditions of his parole. One condition required defendant to “participate in a mental health treatment program as directed by [his] parole agent.” A second condition required him to “report to and actively participate in a Division of Adult Parole Operations approved sex offender treatment program. The program will require you to agree and sign necessary documents and waivers as well as polygraph examinations, limited to questions about the success of the sex offender…