Stuckey v. Dept. of Justice CA3
In 1993, a six-count information was filed against Stuckey, charging him with three counts of committing a lewd and lascivious act upon a 14- or 15-year-old child in violation of section 288, subdivision (c) (now (c)(1), as noted ante), and three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 18 years in violation of section 261.5. The conduct giving rise to these charges occurred in early 1993 and involved the same victim, a 15-year-old girl. Stuckey, who was 26 years old at the time of the alleged offenses, pleaded no contest to a single count of violating section 288, subdivision (c)(1) and the remaining counts were dismissed. Stuckey’s conviction resulted in a one-year sentence and mandatory lifetime sex offender registration under former section 290.
After Senate Bill No. 384 went into effect in January 2021, Stuckey filed a petition for writ of mandate, challenging the validity of the tiered sex offender registration law on equal protection grounds.
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