People v. Haga CA5

DISCUSSION

Registration Requirement (Health & Saf. Code, § 11590) Haga contends that the trial court imposed an unauthorized sentence by requiring him to register as a narcotics offender pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11590. This code section requires persons convicted of certain specified drug-related offenses to register with law enforcement officials in the jurisdiction where they reside or live.2 The registration process involves the submission of fingerprints and photographs to the Department of Justice, and registrants are subject to police inquiry whenever crimes similar to those for which they have registered occur. (In re Luisa Z. (2000)

The statute provides, in pertinent part: “[A]ny person who is convicted in the State of California of any offense defined in Section 11350, 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11353, 11353.5, 11353.7, 11354, 11355, 11357, 11358, 11359, 11360, 11361, 11363, 11366, 11366.5, 11366.6, 11368, 11378, 11378.5, 11379, 11379.5, 11379.6, 11380, 11380.5, 11383, or 11550, or subdivision (a) of Section 11377, or any person who is discharged or paroled from a penal institution where he or she was confined because of the commission of any such…