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discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Mohammed
Cal. Ct. App. · 2026 · confidence medium
(Compare In re G.C. (2020) 8 Cal.5th 1119 , 1129–1130 [describing the unauthorized sentence rule as an exception to the waiver doctrine that cannot be invoked absent jurisdiction over the judgment] with People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 338 [referencing an “unauthorized sentence, which the trial court would have had jurisdiction to correct at any time”]; People v. Cunningham (2001) 25 Cal.4th 926 , 1044–1045 [“Although, as a general rule, ‘an appeal from an order in a criminal case removes the subject matter of that order from the jurisdiction of the trial court’ [cita…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Super. Ct.
Cal. Ct. App. · 2026 · confidence medium
(Rules of Court, rule 8.1016(b).) Nevertheless, “ ‘[t]he label given a petition, action or other pleading is not determinative; rather, the true nature of a petition or cause of action is based on the facts alleged and remedy sought in that pleading. . . . [A] court in its discretion may treat a motion or petition for a different writ as a mislabeled petition for writ of mandate.” (People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340-341 [An appellate court has discretion to deem a mislabeled postjudgment motion as a petition for writ of mandate.]; People v. Superior Court (Vandenburgh) (202…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Sidebottom CA2/5
Cal. Ct. App. · 2026 · confidence medium
(Compare In re G.C. (2020) 8 Cal.5th 1119 , 1129- 1130 [unauthorized sentence rule is “an exception to the waiver doctrine” that cannot be invoked absent jurisdiction over the judgment] with People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 338 [“Nor is Picklesimer’s obligation to register part of an unauthorized sentence, which the trial court would have had jurisdiction to correct at any time”], italics added; People v. Cunningham (2001) 25 Cal.4th 926, 1044-1045 [“[I]t is settled that an unauthorized sentence is subject to correction despite the circumstance that an appeal is pending…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Superior Court (Lashelle) CA4/2
Cal. Ct. App. · 2026 · confidence medium
(Rules of Court, rule 8.1016(b).) Nevertheless, “ ‘[t]he label given a petition, action or other pleading is not determinative; rather, the true nature of a petition or cause of action is based on the facts alleged and remedy sought in that pleading. . . . [A] court in its discretion may treat a motion or petition for a different writ as a mislabeled petition for writ of mandate.” (People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340-341 [An appellate court has discretion to deem a mislabeled postjudgment motion as a petition for writ of mandate.]; People v. Superior Court (Vandenburgh) (202…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Super. Ct.
Cal. Ct. App. · 2026 · confidence medium
(Rules of Court, rule 8.1016(b).) Nevertheless, “ ‘[t]he label given a petition, action or other pleading is not determinative; rather, the true nature of a petition or cause of action is based on the facts alleged and remedy sought in that pleading. . . . [A] court in its discretion may treat a 7 motion or petition for a different writ as a mislabeled petition for writ of mandate.” (People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340-341 [An appellate court has discretion to deem a mislabeled postjudgment motion as a petition for writ of mandate.]; People v. Superior Court (Vandenburgh) (2…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Superior Court (Lashelle) CA4/2
Cal. Ct. App. · 2026 · confidence medium
(Rules of Court, rule 8.1016(b).) Nevertheless, “ ‘[t]he label given a petition, action or other pleading is not determinative; rather, the true nature of a petition or cause of action is based on the facts alleged and remedy sought in that pleading. . . . [A] court in its discretion may treat a 7 motion or petition for a different writ as a mislabeled petition for writ of mandate.” (People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340-341 [An appellate court has discretion to deem a mislabeled postjudgment motion as a petition for writ of mandate.]; People v. Superior Court (Vandenburgh) (2…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Pham CA4/3
Cal. Ct. App. · 2025 · confidence medium
(See, e.g., Pickelsimer, 48 Cal.4th at p. 340 [“Assuming the pleading that has been filed meets or can be amended to meet the prerequisites for a petition for writ of mandate, a court 5 in its discretion may treat a motion or a petition for a different writ as a mislabeled petition for writ of mandate”].) Moreover, the court was never asked to treat the section 1473.7 motion as a section 745 motion or a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to section 1473, subdivision (e).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Wimberly CA5
Cal. Ct. App. · 2025 · confidence medium
(See People v. Sanders (2012) 55 Cal.4th 731, 743, fn. 13 [“it is well established that the appellate court can correct a legal error resulting in an unauthorized sentence . . . at any time”]; People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 338 [trial court has jurisdiction to correct an unauthorized sentence at any time].) DISPOSITION Two of defendant’s section 667, subdivision (a)(1) enhancements are stricken.5 The trial court is directed to prepare an amended abstract of judgment reflecting defendant’s new sentence, as follows: on count 1, an indeterminate term of 25 years to 5 As defe…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Holland v. Silverscreen Healthcare, Inc.
Cal. · 2025 · confidence medium
(Cf. Buxbom v. Smith (1944) 23 Cal.2d 535, 542 [“The subject matter of an action and the issues involved are determinable from the facts alleged rather than from the title of the pleading or the character of damage recovery”]; People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340 [“ ‘[T]he label given a petition, action or other pleading is not determinative’ ”], quoting Escamilla v. Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (2006) 141 Cal.App.4th 498, 511 .) In any event, plaintiffs repeatedly made clear, including in their opposition to Silverscreen’s motion to compel arbitration a…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Yim CA1/5 (2×)
Cal. Ct. App. · 2025 · confidence medium
If a defendant requests consideration for relief under this section, the court is not required to respond.’].)” The order also “otherwise” dismissed Yim’s “request for lack of jurisdiction,” citing “People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 337 [(Picklesimer)] [inapplicable exceptions notwithstanding, trial courts are not authorized to consider or rule on post-judgment motions unrelated to any matters then pending in the court].” Yim appealed from the March 26, 2024 order.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Noble CA6
Cal. Ct. App. · 2025 · confidence medium
DISCUSSION Quoting People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 335, 337 , the trial court stated that it did not have jurisdiction to consider Noble’s motion to reduce or vacate the restitution fines because the motion was in the nature of a “ ‘freestanding postjudgment motion’ ” that was not related to “ ‘any proceeding then pending before the court.’ ” We agree.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Mora CA2/5
Cal. Ct. App. · 2025 · confidence medium
(Compare In re G.C. (2020) 8 Cal.5th 1119 , 1129-1130 [unauthorized sentence rule is “an exception to the waiver doctrine” that cannot be invoked absent jurisdiction over the judgment] with People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 338 [“Nor is Picklesimer’s obligation to register part of an unauthorized sentence, which the trial court would have had jurisdiction to correct at any time,” italics added]; People v. Cunningham (2001) 25 Cal.4th 926, 1044-1045 [“[I]t is settled that an unauthorized sentence is subject to correction despite the circumstance that an appeal is pending.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Siskiyou Hospital v. County of Siskiyou
Cal. Ct. App. · 2025 · confidence medium
Traditional Writ of Mandate “Code of Civil Procedure section 1085, providing for [traditional] writs of mandate, is available to compel public agencies to perform acts required by law. [Citation.] To obtain relief, a petitioner must demonstrate (1) no ‘plain, speedy, and adequate’ alternative remedy exists [citation]; (2) ‘a clear, present, . . . ministerial duty on 20 the part of the respondent’; and (3) a correlative ‘clear, present, and beneficial right in the petitioner to the performance of that duty.’ ” (People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 339-340 (Picklesimer); …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Delmonico v. Bonta
N.D. Cal. · 2025 · confidence medium
People v. Picklesimer, 48 Cal. 4th 330, 337-39 (Cal. 2010). 12 Accordingly, after April 20, 2021, when Petitioner’s probation was terminated, Petitioner was no 13 longer in constructive custody and could no longer challenge his misdemeanor conviction and 14 sentence in the state courts.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Rodriguez CA5
Cal. Ct. App. · 2025 · confidence medium
(See People v. Garcia (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 475, 483 (Garcia), disapproved on another ground in Johnson, supra, 60 Cal.4th at p. 888 , and in People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 338, fn. 4 .) “[T]he trial court must engage in a two-step process: (1) it must 7. find whether the offense was committed as a result of sexual compulsion or for purposes of sexual gratification, and state the reasons for these findings; and (2) it must state the reasons for requiring lifetime registration as a sex offender.” (Hofsheier, supra, 37 Cal.4th at p. 1197 .) “By requiring a separate statement…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Kim CA4/3
Cal. Ct. App. · 2024 · confidence medium
(Stats. 2022, ch. 58, § 10.) 4 Our remand directions also addressed the need for updated abstracts of judgments. 4 5 48 Cal.4th 330, 340 [“‘[t]he label given a petition . . . is not determinative’”].) As noted, the reconsideration motion asserted that: (1) the analyst letter in 2018 had amounted to the CDCR secretary’s recommendation that his sentence be recalled and (2) the trial court improperly imposed a sentencing enhancement based on section 186.22, subdivision (b)(5) (section 186.22(b)(5)), which had not been cited in the information that charged Kim.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) In re Montgomery (2×)
Cal. Ct. App. · 2024 · confidence medium
As the rule is sometimes expressed, a motion relates to some question collateral to the main object of the action and is connected with, and dependent on, the principal remedy.’ ” [Citation.] In most cases, after the judgment has become final, there is nothing pending to which a motion may attach.’ ” (People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 337 (Picklesimer); accord, In re Cook (2019) 7 Cal.5th 439, 451 .) Exceptions to the rule precluding stand-alone postjudgment motions “generally arise in instances where the Legislature has expressly authorized such a motion.” (Picklesimer,…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Meyer v. Dept. of Water Resources CA3
Cal. Ct. App. · 2024 · confidence medium
(See People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340 [there is no ministerial duty where there is no “obligation to perform a specific act in a manner prescribed by law whenever a given state of facts exists”].) In the first and second causes of action, Meyer sought an administrative mandate under section 1094.5, challenging DWR’s and the Board’s actions during the hearing on the cease and desist order that took place in November 2019.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Hernandez-Delgado CA6
Cal. Ct. App. · 2023 · confidence medium
Defendant argues that the trial court should nonetheless be permitted to entertain his motion for a Hedgecock hearing, citing the statement in People v. Picklesimer (2010) 9 48 Cal.4th 330, 339 (Picklesimer) that “every right must have a remedy.” Thus, he argues: “Even assuming there is no direct statutory authority for the superior court to hold a Hedgecock hearing when a defendant can no longer request a new trial, [defendant] must have some avenue to vindicate his rights . . . to question the juror who expressed racial bias against him.” However, Picklesimer does not support defenda…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Green CA3
Cal. Ct. App. · 2023 · confidence medium
(See, e.g., People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340 [the label given a petition, action, or other pleading is not determinative].) 3 § 3376.1.)5 In December 2020, after considering Green’s case factors, disciplinary history, and increase in violent misconduct, the Review Board determined that CSP Corcoran’s Long Term Restricted Housing Unit best suited Green’s housing needs.
examined Cited as authority (rule) People v. Acevedo CA3 (3×)
Cal. Ct. App. · 2023 · confidence medium
(See People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 339 [a defendant in actual or constructive custody may challenge his or her obligation to register as a sex offender by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus; out-of-custody defendants may seek such relief by filing a petition for writ of mandate].) As the People appropriately note, even if defendant is entitled to relief from mandatory sex offender registration under amended section 290, subdivision (c)(2), as he asserts, the trial court may nonetheless exercise its discretion to order defendant to continue to register as a sex offender …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Codinha
Cal. Ct. App. · 2023 · confidence medium
For example, the Supreme Court cited Serrato as support for the proposition that “where the court is required to impose a certain minimum term but imposes a lesser term instead, the unauthorized sentence is considered invalid or ‘unlawful’ and may be increased even after execution of the sentence has begun.” (Karaman, supra, 4 Cal.4th at p. 349, fn. 15 .) Since it decided Karaman, the Supreme Court has repeatedly acknowledged an unauthorized sentence is subject to correction “at any time” (e.g., People v. Landry (2016) 2 Cal.5th 52, 127, fn. 22 [correction on appeal]; People v. San…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Vance CA4/2
Cal. Ct. App. · 2023 · confidence medium
In support of this proposition, the People cite case law holding that, “[f]ollowing appellate affirmance of a trial court judgment and issuance of a remittitur, ‘the trial court is revested with jurisdiction of the case, but only to carry out the judgment as ordered by the appellate court.’” (People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 337 (Picklesimer); see also People v. Webb (1986) 186 Cal.App.3d 401, 410 [“we specifically affirmed the judgment of conviction in the prior appeal and remanded only for resentencing.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Aguirremariano CA4/2 (2×)
Cal. Ct. App. · 2022 · confidence medium
(See, e.g., § 17, subd. (b)(3) [motion to reduce a ‘wobbler’ to a misdemeanor]; § 1016.5, subd. (b) [motion to vacate judgment and withdraw a plea based on the immigration consequences of the plea]; § 1203.4 [motion by probationer to vacate plea and dismiss charges]; § 1473.6 [motion to vacate judgment based on newly discovered evidence of fraud].)” (People v. Picklesimer, supra, 48 Cal.4th at p. 337, fn. 2 .) 28 In this case, the record indicates that the People were provided with notice and an opportunity to be heard prior to the court’s dismissal of the cases.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. King
Cal. Ct. App. · 2022 · confidence medium
(Torres, supra, 44 Cal.App.5th at p. 1083.) 9 modify the sentence.” (Torres, supra, 44 Cal.App.5th at p. 1084.) Among those exceptions, the court cited one for “[u]nauthorized sentences and ‘ “ ‘obvious legal errors at sentencing that are correctable without referring to factual findings in the record or remanding for further findings,’ ” ’ ” which “are correctable at any time.” (Id. at p. 1085, citing People v. Turrin, supra, 176 Cal.App.4th at p. 1205 [“an unauthorized sentence may be corrected at any time”]; People v. Picklesimer, supra, 48 Cal.4th at p. 338 [trial…
cited Cited as authority (rule) (HC) Ellis v. Warden of Central California Women's Facility
E.D. Cal. · 2021 · confidence medium
In California, “after the judgment has become final, 9 there is nothing pending to which a [post-judgment] motion may attach.” People v. Picklesimer, 10 226 P.3d 348, 353 (Cal. 2010).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Mazink CA2/7
Cal. Ct. App. · 2021 · confidence medium
(See People v. Sanders (2012) 55 Cal.4th 731, 743, fn. 13 [“it is well established that the appellate court can correct a legal error resulting in an unauthorized sentence . . . at any time”]; People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 338 [trial court has jurisdiction to correct an unauthorized sentence at any time].) 5 DISPOSITION Mazink’s sentence is modified to include only one five-year sentence enhancement under section 667, subdivision (a)(1).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Lau CA4/1
Cal. Ct. App. · 2020 · confidence medium
(See also People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 343-344 (Picklesimer) [Apprendi’s requirement of a finding beyond a reasonable doubt, made by a jury, has no application to a trial court’s findings requiring sex offender registration].) We discuss this aspect of Mosley’s holding in the next section of our opinion. 12 found true by a preponderance of the evidence. (§ 290.006.)” (Mosley, at p. 1052, fn. 4, italics added.) Although the pertinent discussion in both McCullough and Mosley are dicta because they were not necessary to the outcome of those opinions, “[o]ur Supreme Cour…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Owens CA3
Cal. Ct. App. · 2020 · confidence medium
(People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340 [the label given a petition is not determinative].) We will remand the matter so the trial court can provide “an opportunity to supplement the record with information relevant to [defendant’s] eventual youth offender parole hearing. [Citation.] In so doing, the trial court may exercise its discretion to 4 conduct this process efficiently, ensuring that the information introduced is relevant, noncumulative, and otherwise in accord with the governing rules, statutes, and regulations.” (People v. Rodriguez, supra, 4 Cal.5th at p. 1132 .) DIS…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Cervera CA2/1
Cal. Ct. App. · 2020 · confidence medium
(See People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 337 [collateral attacks by postjudgment motion are generally not permitted]; People v. Torres (2020) 44 Cal.App.5th 1081 , 1084 [“Generally, once a judgment is rendered and execution of the sentence has begun, the trial court does not have jurisdiction to vacate or modify the sentence.”].) We do not, therefore, appear to have jurisdiction to consider the appeal.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Rutgard v. City of L.A.
Cal. Ct. App. · 2020 · confidence medium
A court may issue a writ of mandate only if the petitioner establishes (1) “‘“a clear, present . . . ministerial duty on the part of the respondent”’ [citations]”; (2) “a correlative ‘“clear, present and beneficial right in the petitioner to the performance of that duty”’ [citations]”; and (3) “no ‘plain, speedy, and adequate’ alternative remedy exists [citation].” (People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340 (Picklesimer); People ex rel.
examined Cited as authority (rule) People v. Berg (5×) also: Cited "see", Cited "see, e.g."
Cal. Ct. App. · 2019 · confidence medium
(See People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 337 (Picklesimer) ["Following appellate affirmance of a trial court judgment and issuance of a remittitur, 'the trial court is revested with jurisdiction of the case, but only to carry out the judgment as ordered by the appellate court' "]; Ducoing Management, Inc. v. Superior Court (2015) 234 Cal.App.4th 306, 313 [citing Griset II for proposition that "trial court may not reopen case after appellate court's unqualified affirmance"]; Safaie v. Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath, Inc. (2011) 192 Cal.App.4th 1160, 1173 [citing Griset II for proposition that …
examined Cited as authority (rule) People v. Berg (5×) also: Cited "see", Cited "see, e.g."
Cal. Ct. App. · 2019 · confidence medium
(See People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 337 (Picklesimer) ["Following appellate affirmance of a trial court judgment and issuance of a remittitur, 'the trial court is revested with jurisdiction of the case, but only to carry out the judgment as ordered by the appellate court' "]; Ducoing Management, Inc. v. Superior Court (2015) 234 Cal.App.4th 306, 313 [citing Griset II for proposition that "trial court may not reopen case after appellate court's unqualified affirmance"]; Safaie v. Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath, Inc. (2011) 192 Cal.App.4th 1160, 1173 [citing Griset II for proposition that …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) California Public Records Research, Inc. v. County of Yolo
Cal. Ct. App. · 2016 · confidence medium
(People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340 [ 106 Cal.Rptr.3d 239 , 226 P.3d 348 ] [“A ministerial duty is an obligation to perform a specific act in a manner prescribed by law whenever a given state of facts exists, without regard to any personal judgment as to the propriety of the act”]; see also The H.N. and Frances C.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) P. v. Fernandez CA4/1
Cal. Ct. App. · 2016 · confidence medium
"In order to make a discretionary determination as to whether or not to require registration [under section 290.006], the trial court logically should be able to consider all relevant information available to it at the time it makes its decision." (People v. Garcia (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 475, 483 , disapproved on another ground in Johnson, supra, 60 Cal.4th at p. 888 , and disapproved on another ground in People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 338, fn. 4, 339 .) II Sex Offender Fine The parties agree the court did not orally impose a $300 sex offender fine pursuant to section 290.3, alth…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Cox v. Superior Court of Amador County (2×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
Cal. Ct. App. · 2016 · confidence medium
(People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340-341 [ 106 Cal.Rptr.3d 239 , 226 P.3d 348 ].) In this case, respondent superior court identified what are arguably laudable reasons for deeming the civil complaint to be a habeas corpus petition, i.e., the court expressed its view that doing so would not alter the merits of the action or prejudice either party, and would save petihoner from complying with the technical requirements for a civil complaint.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
Cal. Ct. App. · 2016 · confidence medium
Assn. v. Woodside (1994) 7 Cal.4th 525, 539-540 [ 28 Cal.Rptr.2d 617 , 869 P.2d 1142 ]; People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 339-340 [ 106 Cal.Rptr.3d 239 , 226 P.3d 348 ].) In addition, mandate will lie to compel an officer, board, or court to exercise its discretion, where it refuses to act at all.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Tovar CA5
Cal. Ct. App. · 2016 · confidence medium
“In order to make a discretionary determination as to whether or not to require registration [under section 290.006], the trial court logically should be able to consider all relevant information available to it at the time it makes its decision.” (People v. Garcia (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 475, 483 , disapproved on another ground in Johnson, supra, 60 Cal.4th at p. 888 & disapproved on another ground in People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 338-339, fn. 4 .) “One of the purposes of the sex offender registration requirements ‘ “ ‘ “is to assure that persons convicted of the c…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) In re Bianca S. CA4/1
Cal. Ct. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
Code, § 1473, subd. (a); People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340 [ 106 Cal.Rptr.3d 239 , 226 P.3d 348 ]); consolidated them for all purposes; issued an order directing the district attorney to show cause why the relief requested by petitioners should not be granted;, and *1275 temporarily stayed the detention orders, and ordered petitioners released from juvenile hall to the custody of the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency for appropriate placement.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Super. Ct.
Cal. Ct. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
(See In re Steele, supra, at p. 697 .) It must also show “that good faith efforts to obtain discovery materials from trial counsel were made and were unsuccessful . . . .” (§ 1054.9, subd. (a).) 7 at pp. 1260-1261.) Gonzalez was then followed by People v. Johnson (1992) 3 Cal.4th 1183, 1258 , and in People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 337 (Picklesimer), the court again confirmed that a motion is not an independent remedy but implies the pendency of an ongoing action.8 The court in In re Steele, supra, 32 Cal.4th 682 recognized that section 1054.9 affected the rule of Gonzalez to …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Super. Ct. (Morales) CA4/2
Cal. Ct. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
(See In re Steele, supra, at p. 697 .) It must also show “that good faith efforts to obtain discovery materials from trial counsel were made and were unsuccessful . . . .” (§ 1054.9, subd. (a).) 7 at pp. 1260-1261.) Gonzalez was then followed by People v. Johnson (1992) 3 Cal.4th 1183, 1258 , and in People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 337 (Picklesimer), the court again confirmed that a motion is not an independent remedy but implies the pendency of an ongoing action.8 The court in In re Steele, supra, 32 Cal.4th 682 recognized that section 1054.9 affected the rule of Gonzalez to …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Slate CA6
Cal. Ct. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
(See generally People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 342 [noting that the remedy for improper imposition of sex offender registration is remand for a new hearing, conducted in accordance with section 290.006, to determine whether registration should be imposed].) Slate contends that People v. King, supra, 151 Cal.App.4th 1304 requires us to conclude that the court did not impose registration on counts one through six at the original sentencing hearing.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Yamamoto CA3
Cal. Ct. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
(See also People v. Hofsheier (2006) 37 Cal.4th 1185, 1197 (Hofsheier).) Discretionary registration may be ordered “if the 4 court finds at the time of conviction or sentencing that the person committed the offense as a result of sexual compulsion or for purposes of sexual gratification.” (§ 290.006.) The premise behind sex offender registration legislation is that “sex offenders pose a ‘continuing threat to society’ . . . .” (Wright v. Superior Court (1997) 15 Cal.4th 521, 527 .) As such, one of the purposes of the registration requirement is “ ‘ “ ‘to assure that persons…
examined Cited as authority (rule) People v. Mosley (5×) also: Cited "see, e.g."
Cal. · 2015 · confidence medium
(See, e.g., Smith v. Doe (2003) 538 U.S. 84, 93, 105-106 [ 155 L.Ed.2d 164 , 123 S.Ct. 1140 ] [sex offender registration statutes serve the legitimate nonpunitive governmental objective of protecting the public from sex offenders]; People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 343-344 [ 106 Cal.Rptr.3d 239 , 226 P.3d 348 ] (Picklesimer) [because sex offender registration is not punishment, Apprendi does not require jury findings to support registration order]; People v. Presley (2007) 156 Cal.App.4th 1027, 1033-1035 [ 67 Cal.Rptr.3d 826 ] [same].) But he urges, and the Court of Appeal agreed, t…
cited Cited as authority (rule) People v. Williams CA4/1
Cal. Ct. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
(People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 341-342 [court accepted People's concession, without deciding the issue, that defendant was not subject to mandatory registration requirement].) III.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Hall CA3
Cal. Ct. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
(See People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 339 [sex offender registration does not constitute custody for the purpose of habeas jurisdiction].) He claims that the failure to advise of sex offender registration is a different type of failure than that addressed in Kim, which held that coram nobis did not lie for the failure to advise the defendant of the adverse immigration consequences of accepting the plea offer. ( Kim, supra, 45 Cal.4th at pp. 1084, 1087.) Defendant claims a person not advised of the immigration consequences of the plea has a statutory remedy, vacation of the judgment…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Arrendondo CA4/2
Cal. Ct. App. · 2015 · confidence medium
At the evidentiary hearing on October 17, 2013, defense counsel argued that the court was required to consider all of defendant’s conduct up to the time of sentencing, which included “anything in the intervening time from the incident until now” under Lewis v. Superior Court (2008) 169 Cal.App.4th 70 (Lewis), and People v. Garcia (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 475 (Garcia), disapproved on other grounds by People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 338-339, fn. 4 .
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Freeman CA3
Cal. Ct. App. · 2014 · confidence medium
Regarding discretionary registration, the court “should . . . consider all relevant information available to it” and based on that information assess the “likelihood that the defendant will reoffend” and the “necessity for registration.” (People v. Garcia (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 475, 483-485 , disapproved on other grounds by People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 338-339, fn. 4 ; see also People v. Thompson (2009) 177 Cal.App.4th 1424, 1431 .) 9 B There Was Sufficient Evidence Defendant Was Likely To Reoffend, Necessitating Registration Here, there was evidence defendant was l…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) People v. Espinoza (2×)
Cal. App. Dep’t Super. Ct. · 2014 · confidence medium
As our Supreme Court explained in People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 337 [ 106 Cal.Rptr.3d 239 , 226 P.3d 348 ]: “ ‘[T]here is no statutory authority for a trial court to entertain a postjudgment motion that is unrelated to any proceeding then pending before the court. [Citation.] Indeed, a motion is not an independent remedy.
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Water Dist. (1991) 235 Cal.App.3d 1641, 1645-1646 [ 1 Cal.Rptr.2d 625 ] [mandate is not available to compel the exercise of discretion by a public body or official in a particular manner or to reach a particular result].) “A ministerial duty is an obligation to perform a specific act in a manner prescribed by law whenever a given state of facts exists, without regard to any personal judgment as to the propriety of the act. [Citation.]” (People v. Picklesimer (2010) 48 Cal.4th 330, 340 [ 106 Cal.Rptr.3d 239 , 226 P.3d 348 ].) Petitioners demonstrate no such duty on the part of DFW.
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The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
ANDREW NELSON PICKLESIMER, Defendant and Appellant
S165680.
California Supreme Court.
Mar 15, 2010.
226 P.3d 348
Counsel, Law Offices of Dane A. Cameron and Dane A. Cameron for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, John G. McLean, Stephen G. Herndon, Janet E. Neeley and Darren K. Indermill, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Werdegar.
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Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

In People v. Hofsheier (2006) 37 Cal.4th 1185, 1207 [39 Cal.Rptr.3d 821, 129 P.3d 29] {Hofsheier), we concluded imposition of mandatory lifetime sex offender registration on defendants convicted of violations of Penal Code section 288a, subdivision (b)(1) [1] for voluntary oral copulation with a 16- or 17-year-old minor violated the state and federal equal protection clauses. Our decision resulted in the creation of a class of people, those convicted of violating section 288a, subdivision (b)(1) on or before the date of our decision, who potentially might be entitled to relief from mandatory lifetime registration but for whom the precise procedural method of asserting such a claim for relief was uncertain. We resolve that uncertainty here.

We conclude that for those like defendant Andrew Nelson Picklesimer, who are no longer in custody and whose appeals are final, claims for Hofsheier relief—relief from mandatory lifetime sex offender registration based on equal protection—must be brought by way of a petition for writ of mandate in the trial court. A freestanding postjudgment motion for Hofsheier relief, such as the one Picklesimer filed, is not cognizable, as the trial court and Court of Appeal correctly concluded.

A court may in its discretion treat such a postjudgment motion as a mislabeled petition for writ of mandate. In this case, however, for us to do so is not appropriate. This is because defendants who assert a claim for Hofsheier relief and establish a right to relief from mandatory sex offender registration may still be subject to discretionary registration under section 290.006, and the record before us does not conclusively establish that Picklesimer is exempt from discretionary registration and thus entitled to relief.

[*336] Accordingly, we affirm, without prejudice to Picldesimer’s ability to file a petition for writ of mandate in the trial court seeking Hofsheier relief.

Factual and Procedural Background

In 1993, Picklesimer pleaded guilty to violations of sections 261.5 (sexual intercourse with a minor), 288a, subdivision (b)(1) (oral copulation with a minor), and 289, subdivision (h) (sexual penetration of a minor) and was sentenced to four years four months in prison. As an automatic consequence of the oral copulation and sexual penetration convictions, Picklesimer was required to register as a sex offender. (Former § 290, subd. (a)(2)(A), now § 290, subd. (c).) On appeal, the judgment was affirmed. Picklesimer completed his sentence and was released from custody.

In October 2006, after our decision in Hofsheier, Picklesimer filed a motion in the trial court asking to be removed from the state sex offender registry and relieved from his lifetime registration obligation. At a hearing on the motion, the trial court ruled it lacked jurisdiction, noting Picklesimer had failed to identify any authority that would permit the court to rule on such a freestanding motion. Picklesimer appealed.

The Court of Appeal agreed that the trial court lacked jurisdiction. Accordingly, it concluded Picklesimer was not aggrieved by the trial court’s order denying his motion (see § 1237, subd. (b)), the order was therefore unappealable, and the appeal must be dismissed..

We granted review to address the proper treatment of claims for relief under Hofsheier.

Discussion

I. Claims for Hofsheier Relief by Individuals No Longer in Custody Must Be Brought by Way of a Petition for Writ of Mandate

In Hofsheier, supra, 37 Cal.4th 1185, we considered a constitutional challenge to the mandatory sex offender registration requirement imposed for convictions under section 288a, subdivision (b)(1) (oral copulation with a minor) in light of the absence of any similar requirement for convictions under section 261.5 (sexual intercourse with a minor). We concluded that, at least for voluntary oral copulation with a 16- or 17-year-old minor, the registration requirement could not withstand rational basis review and,[*337] accordingly, was a violation of equal protection. (Hofsheier, at pp. 1200-1207.) Following our decision in Hofsheier, the Department of Justice advised Picklesimer and others of the possibility they could be eligible to have their names removed from the state sex offender registry.

Picklesimer sought relief by filing a motion in the trial court, purportedly as part of People v. Picklesimer (Super. Ct. Trinity County, 1993, No. 92CR065), the People’s long-since-final criminal prosecution of him. However, “[t]here is no statutory authority for a trial court to entertain a postjudgment motion that is unrelated to any proceeding then pending before the court. [Citation.] Indeed, a motion is not an independent remedy. It is ancillary to an on-going action and ‘ “implies the pendency of a suit between the parties and is confined to incidental matters in the progress of the cause. As the rule is sometimes expressed, a motion relates to some question collateral to the main object of the action and is connected with, and dependent on, the principal remedy.” ’ [Citation.] In most cases, after the judgment has become final, there is nothing pending to which a motion may attach.” (Lewis v. Superior Court (2008) 169 Cal.App.4th 70, 76-77 [86 Cal.Rptr.3d 565].)

Although exceptions to the rule precluding postjudgment motions exist, [2] Picklesimer does not demonstrate persuasively that any apply. Relying on one of our more ancient pronouncements, he argues that once the Court of Appeal issued its remittitur after affirming the original judgment, the trial court’s jurisdiction over the case, largely suspended during the pendency of the appeal, resumed. (See People v. Dick (1870) 39 Cal. 102, 103-104.) While this is true, the argument speaks only to the allocation of jurisdiction between trial courts and Courts of Appeal and does not address the core issue—the actual scope of the trial court’s postjudgment jurisdiction. Following appellate affirmance of a trial court judgment and issuance of a remittitur, “the trial court is revested with jurisdiction of the case, but only to carry out the judgment as ordered by the appellate court.” (People v. Dutra (2006) 145 Cal.App.4th 1359, 1366 [52 Cal.Rptr.3d 528]; see § 1265, subd. (a) [following receipt of remittitur, the trial court has jurisdiction to issue “all orders necessary to carry the judgment into effect”].) As both parties recognize, Picklesimer’s registration requirements and placement in the state sex[*338] offender registry are not part of the judgment in his case, but rather collateral consequences of that judgment. Accordingly, the trial court’s jurisdiction to issue orders carrying out the judgment did not grant it authority to act on a motion seeking to modify an obligation that was not any part of the judgment. [3]

Nor is Picklesimer’s obligation to register part of an unauthorized sentence, which the trial court would have had jurisdiction to correct at any time. (See In re Sheena K. (2007) 40 Cal.4th 875, 882 & fn. 3, 887 [55 Cal.Rptr.3d 716, 153 P.3d 282]; People v. Scott (1994) 9 Cal.4th 331, 354 [36 Cal.Rptr.2d 627, 885 P.2d 1040]; In re Harris (1993) 5 Cal.4th 813, 840 [21 Cal.Rptr.2d 373, 855 P.2d 391] [“ ‘Fundamental jurisdictional defects [i.e., acts in excess of jurisdiction], like constitutional defects, do not become irremediable when a judgment of conviction becomes final, even after affirmance on appeal.’ ”].) Rather, the obligation is a separate consequence of Picklesimer’s conviction automatically imposed as a matter of law.

Finally, we reject Picklesimer’s argument that Code of Civil Procedure section 187 creates jurisdiction to address his motion. (See People v. Hyde, supra, 49 Cal.App.3d 97 [relying on Code Civ. Proc., § 187 as authority for a trial court to hear a postjudgment motion for presentencing custody credits].) Section 187 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides: “When jurisdiction is, by the Constitution or this Code, or by any other statute, conferred on a Court or judicial officer, all the means necessary to carry it into effect are also given; and in the exercise of this jurisdiction, if the course of proceeding be not specifically pointed out by this Code or the statute, any suitable process or mode of proceeding may be adopted which may appear most conformable to the spirit of this Code.” The section does not speak to jurisdiction; it does not create jurisdiction; rather, the existence of jurisdiction is the premise for its application. Where jurisdiction exists from other sources, Code of Civil Procedure section 187 grants courts authority to exercise any of their various powers as may be necessary to carry out that jurisdiction. To the extent jurisdiction to hear Picklesimer’s motion is otherwise lacking, Code of Civil Procedure section 187 affords Picklesimer no comfort here. [4]

[*339] That a postjudgment motion is unavailable does not mean dismissal is mandated. As the People concede, every right must have a remedy. (See People v. Hyde, supra, 49 Cal.App.3d at p. 101 [“[A] right but no expeditious and adequate remedy ... is an unconscionable situation which a court of justice cannot tolerate.”].)

For a defendant still in actual or constructive custody, a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the trial court is the preferred method by which to challenge circumstances or actions declared unconstitutional after the defendant’s conviction became final. (See People v. Fuhrman (1997) 16 Cal.4th 930, 942 [67 Cal.Rptr.2d 1, 941 P.2d 1189]; People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996) 13 Cal.4th 497, 530, fn. 13 [53 Cal.Rptr.2d 789, 917 P.2d 628]; People v. Tenorio (1970) 3 Cal.3d 89, 95, fn. 2 [89 Cal.Rptr. 249, 473 P.2d 993].) But once a defendant has been released and is no longer subject to parole or probation, he or she is no longer in constructive custody and this avenue is foreclosed. (People v. Villa (2009) 45 Cal.4th 1063, 1069-1070 [90 Cal.Rptr.3d 344, 202 P.3d 427].) “[Collateral consequences of a criminal conviction—even those that can later form the basis of a new criminal conviction—do not of themselves constitute constructive custody.” (Id. at p. 1070.) Thus, a party no longer in constructive custody may not challenge his or her obligation to register as a sex offender by way of a petition for writ of habeas corpus. (In re Stier (2007) 152 Cal.App.4th 63, 81-83 [61 Cal.Rptr.3d 181].)

For out-of-custody defendants such as Picklesimer, we agree with the Court of Appeal’s analysis of the problem in Lewis v. Superior Court, supra, 169 Cal.App.4th 70, now seconded by the People; the appropriate vehicle for seeking Hofsheier relief is a petition for writ of mandate filed in the trial court. (Lewis, at p. 77; see also In re Stier, supra, 152 Cal.App.4th at pp. 83-84.) Unlike a petition for writ of habeas corpus, a petition for writ of mandate does not require ongoing custody; unlike a postjudgment motion, it is an independent proceeding that vests the trial court with jurisdiction to act. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 1085; Lewis, at p. 77.)

Code of Civil Procedure section 1085, providing for writs of mandate, is available to compel public agencies to perform acts required by law. (Santa Clara County Counsel Attys. Assn. v. Woodside (1994) 7 Cal.4th 525, 539[*340] [28 Cal.Rptr.2d 617, 869 P.2d 1142].) To obtain relief, a petitioner must demonstrate (1) no “plain, speedy, and adequate” alternative remedy exists (Code Civ. Proc., § 1086); (2) “ ‘a clear, present . . . ministerial duty on the part of the respondent’ ”; and (3) a correlative “ ‘clear, present and beneficial right in the petitioner to the performance of that duty.’ ” (Santa Clara County Counsel Attys. Assn., at pp. 539-540; see Code Civ. Proc., §§ 1085-1086.) A ministerial duty is an obligation to perform a specific act in a manner prescribed by law whenever a given state of facts exists, without regard to any personal judgment as to the propriety of the act. (Kavanaugh v. West Sonoma County Union High School Dist. (2003) 29 Cal.4th 911, 916 [129 Cal.Rptr.2d 811, 62 P.3d 54].)

Picklesimer and other noncustodial parties seeking Hofsheier relief have no available alternative remedy. Upon the filing of a verified petition for writ of mandate (see Code Civ. Proc., § 1086), a trial court has jurisdiction to resolve any legal or factual issues, via an evidentiary hearing if need be (Cal. Rules of Court, rules 3.1103, 3.1306). Placement in, or removal of a person from, the state sex offender registry is a ministerial act, contingent only on whether the person has suffered a conviction that lawfully mandates registration (§ 290, subd. (c)) or has been the subject of a court’s discretionary order to require registration (§ 290.006). If a party seeking Hofsheier relief can establish he or she no longer should be required to register, the trial court may issue a writ directing the Department of Justice to remove the petitioner from the state sex offender registry. Accordingly, we hold a petition for writ of mandate filed in the trial court is the proper way for a postcustodial party to seek Hofsheier relief. [5]

Picklesimer misfiled his request for Hofsheier relief as a postjudgment motion. However, “[t]he label given a petition, action or other pleading is not determinative; rather, the true nature of a petition or cause of action is based on the facts alleged and remedy sought in that pleading.” (Escamilla v. Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (2006) 141 Cal.App.4th 498, 511 [46 Cal.Rptr.3d 408]; accord, People v. Villa, supra, 45 Cal.4th at pp. 1067-1068.) Assuming the pleading that has been filed meets or can be amended to meet the prerequisites for a petition for writ of mandate, a court in its discretion may treat a motion or a petition for a different writ as a mislabeled petition for writ of mandate. (Lewis v. Superior Court, supra, 169 Cal.App.4th at p. 77 [postjudgment motion]; Escamilla, at pp. 511-512[*341] [petition for writ of habeas corpus]; cf. In re Stier, supra, 152 Cal.App.4th at pp. 83-84 [recognizing the general principle, but declining to exercise its discretion to convert a petition for writ of habeas corpus to a petition for writ of mandate and decide it on the merits].)

Picklesimer asks that we exercise our discretion to treat his motion as a petition for writ of mandate and decide it in the first instance, as in Lewis v. Superior Court, supra, 169 Cal.App.4th 70. The People ask that we decline to do so and allow the merits to be addressed in the first instance in the trial court, as in In re Stier, supra, 152 Cal.App.4th 63. Which course is proper depends in large part on whether the appellate record is sufficient to determine that all potential factual issues are undisputed, as in Lewis, or whether it is incomplete and precludes such a determination, as in Stier. In turn, whether any potential factual issues exist depends on whether Picklesimer has established he is entitled to be freed from all registration requirements as a matter of law. We turn to that question.

II. Section 290.006 Applies Retroactively to Parties Seeking Hofsheier Relief; Accordingly, Picklesimer Has Not Established a Right to Be Free from Registration as a Matter of Law

Picklesimer’s mandatory registration rests on two convictions, one under section 288a, subdivision (b)(1) (oral copulation with a minor) and the other under section 289, subdivision (h) (sexual penetration of a minor). The first of these is the precise violation we addressed in Hofsheier, supra, 37 Cal.4th 1185. Picklesimer’s victim was 17 years old, and the People do not contest that the oral copulation was “voluntary” in the limited sense we used that term in Hofsheier, 6 accordingly, they concede this conviction cannot support mandatory registration. While we did not address section 289, subdivision (h) in Hofsheier, the People similarly concede Hofsheier’s principles are equally applicable to that section and it too cannot be a basis for mandatory registration here. (See People v. Ranscht (2009) 173 Cal.App.4th 1369 [93 Cal.Rptr.3d 800] [holding mandatory registration based on a conviction for voluntary sexual penetration (§ 289, subd. (h)) violates equal protection].)[*342] Thus, we assume without deciding that Picklesimer is not subject to lifetime registration under the mandatory provisions of the Sex Offender Registration Act (the Act) (§§ 290-290.023).

However, the People contend Picklesimer still is not entitled to relief as a matter of right; rather, they argue, the trial court must first determine whether he should be subject to discretionary lifetime registration. (§ 290.006.) [7] In contrast, Picklesimer insists that relief is mandatory because section 290.006 cannot be applied to him. We consider whether Picklesimer may be subject to discretionary lifetime registration.

In Hofsheier itself, we limited relief to a remand for application of section 290.006 (then codified as former § 290, subd. (a)(2)(E)). (Hofsheier, supra, 37 Cal.4th at pp. 1208-1209.) That is, we concluded the consequence of the equal protection violation was not that a defendant convicted under section 288a, subdivision (b)(1) (oral copulation with a minor) had been placed in the state sex offender registry when otherwise he would have been excluded, but that he had been placed in the state sex offender registry automatically when otherwise his placement would have been a matter of discretion under former section 290, subdivision (a)(2)(E) (now § 290.006). The remedy we crafted, remand for a discretionary determination whether Hofsheier should be required to register, was tailored to address this harm. Picklesimer’s various arguments for why section 290.006 cannot be applied to him do not persuade us a different result is required here.

Picklesimer argues section 290.006 cannot be applied retroactively to him, as it was originally adopted in 1994, after he was convicted. (See former § 290, subd. (a)(2)(E), enacted by Stats. 1994, ch. 867, § 2.7, pp. 4389-1390; People v. Olea (1997) 59 Cal.App.4th 1289, 1292, fn. 1 [69 Cal.Rptr.2d 722].) “New statutes are presumed to operate only prospectively absent some clear indication that the Legislature intended otherwise.” (Elsner v. Uveges (2004) 34 Cal.4th 915, 936 [22 Cal.Rptr.3d 530, 102 P.3d 915].) Here, there is just such a pellucid declaration of legislative intent: “The registration provisions of the Act are applicable to every person described in the Act, without regard to when his or her crime or crimes were committed or his or her duty to register pursuant to the Act arose, and to every offense described in the Act, regardless of when it was committed.” (§ 290.023.)

Conceding this statutory language, Picklesimer nevertheless argues the Legislature never intended section 290.006, which by its terms requires[*343] contemporaneous findings, to extend retroactively to convictions entered before January 1, 1995, the statute’s effective date. In effect, Picklesimer argues that those convicted of section 261.5 (sexual intercourse with a minor) violations and sentenced before January 1, 1995, are not subject to discretionary registration, because former section 290, subdivision (a)(2)(E) (now § 290.006) by its terms established only a forward-looking requirement—that trial courts at conviction or sentencing consider discretionary registration. Accordingly, the consequence of the equal protection violation for those defendants, like Picklesimer, convicted of section 288a, subdivision (b)(1) (oral copulation with a minor) and sentenced before January 1, 1995, is that they are placed on the sex offender rolls when they would otherwise have been free of both mandatory and discretionary registration.

We disagree. The Legislature’s clear intent is for all provisions of the Act, including section 290.006, to apply going forward. We determined in Hofsheier, supra, 37 Cal.4th 1185, and reiterate today, that in cases where mandatory sex offender registration has been shown to violate equal protection, the procedure that most closely matches the legislative intent is not automatic removal of a sex offender from the state sex offender registry, but an after-the-fact discretionary determination whether removal is appropriate. [8] To permit trial courts at such a relief hearing to consider discretionary registration only if the underlying conviction arose on or after January 1, 1995, would contravene the Legislature’s implicit intent in adopting the Act. (See § 290.023 [dates of offense and initial duty to register are immaterial for purposes of applying the Act]; cf. People v. Castellanos (1999) 21 Cal.4th 785 [88 Cal.Rptr.2d 346, 982 P.2d 211] [upholding as constitutional the Legislature’s decision to extend former § 290, subd. (a)(2)(E), now § 290.006, to offenses committed before Jan. 1, 1995].) Accordingly, in crafting an equal protection remedy, we see no reason to distinguish between Hofsheier relief proceedings involving pre-1995 and post-1995 convictions. (See People v. Garcia, supra, 161 Cal.App.4th at p. 486 [§ 290.006 may be constitutionally applied to a defendant seeking Hofsheier relief, even though it was not in existence when the defendant was originally sentenced].)

In the alternative, Picklesimer argues application of section 290.006 is unlawful because it permits imposition of heightened punishment based on findings of fact by a trial court rather than a jury, in violation of Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000) 530 U.S. 466 [147 L.Ed.2d 435, 120 S.Ct. 2348] and its progeny. As we have explained, “sex offender registration is not considered a[*344] form of punishment under the state or federal Constitution [citations] . . . .” (Hofsheier, supra, 37 Cal.4th at p. 1197; see also Smith v. Doe (2003) 538 U.S. 84, 105-106 [155 L.Ed.2d 164, 123 S.Ct. 1140] [sex offender registration is not punishment for purposes of the ex post facto clause].) Accordingly, Apprendi’s requirement that “[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum must be submitted to a jury, and proved beyond a reasonable doubt” (.Apprendi, at p. 490) has no application here. (See People v. Presley (2007) 156 Cal.App.4th 1027, 1033-1035 [67 Cal.Rptr.3d 826] [Apprendi does not apply to the discretionary determination whether to require sex offender registration]; People v. Garcia, supra, 161 Cal.App.4th at p. 486 [Apprendi does not apply to the determination whether to deny Hofsheier relief on the ground discretionary registration should still be imposed].)

Picklesimer acknowledges our previous conclusions that registration is not punishment, but argues that the sex offender residency restrictions of the Sexual Predator Punishment and Control Act: Jessica’s Law (§ 3003.5, subd. (b), added by Prop. 83, as approved by voters, Gen. Elec. (Nov. 7, 2006)) are punishment, and thus that the facts required to impose those restrictions—the facts supporting continued sex offender status—must now be found beyond a reasonable doubt by a jury pursuant to Apprendi v. New Jersey, supra, 530 U.S. 466, and its progeny. Picklesimer cannot show a potential Apprendi violation on this basis. If Proposition 83’s restrictions do not amount to punishment for his original crimes, there is no Apprendi problem and no right to a jury trial. Conversely, if Proposition 83’s restrictions were to be considered punishment for his original offenses (but see In re E.J. (2010) 47 Cal.4th 1258, 1271-1280 [104 Cal.Rptr.3d 165, 223 P.3d 31]), they could not under the state and federal ex post facto clauses be constitutionally applied to Picklesimer, whose crimes all long predate the approval of Proposition 83. (See U.S. Const, art. I, § 10, cl. 1; Cal. Const, art. I, § 9; People v. Grant (1999) 20 Cal.4th 150, 158 [83 Cal.Rptr.2d 295, 973 P.2d 72].) In either event, there is no constitutional bar to having a judge exercise his or her discretion to determine whether Picklesimer should continue to be subject to registration.

Picklesimer also contends he cannot be subjected to a discretionary determination on whether he should continue to be required to register without first being permitted the opportunity to withdraw his plea. But he concedes he was aware at the time he entered his plea that sex offender registration was a mandatory, automatic consequence of the plea; he cannot complain now that he is being afforded at least the possibility of being spared that consequence. Indeed, as we explained in People v. McClellan (1993) 6 Cal.4th 367, 378 [24 Cal.Rptr.2d 739, 862 P.2d 739], even had Picklesimer not been aware of the registration consequence, he would not be entitled to withdraw his plea absent a showing that he would not have pleaded guilty but[*345] for the court’s omission. Where, as here, there was no misadvisement and no breach of any plea term, there certainly is no basis for a plea withdrawal. (See People v. Walker (1991) 54 Cal.3d 1013, 1022-1027 [1 Cal.Rptr.2d 902, 819 P.2d 861].)

Next, Picklesimer argues section 290.006 was intended to apply only to “nonsexual” offenses, such as stalking or burglary, that may have been committed to gratify sexual impulses, not to inherently sexual offenses the Legislature chose to exempt from mandatory registration. Notably, however, the language of the statute contains no such limitation; instead, it requires registration following conviction “for any offense not included specifically in subdivision (c) of Section 290” (the provision listing those convictions that give rise to mandatory registration), provided certain findings are made. (§ 290.006.) The statutory scheme thus creates two categories of crimes: those listed in section 290, subdivision (c) (to which a registration requirement attaches automatically) and all others (for which registration is contingent on the trial court making specific additional findings under § 290.006). Picklesimer essentially posits three categories of crimes: those (uniformly sexual in nature) for which registration is mandatory, those (uniformly nonsexual in nature) for which registration is permitted, and those (again, uniformly sexual in nature) for which registration is forbidden. As the statutory scheme nowhere identifies what crimes might fall in this supposed third category, nor offers any judicial warrant for creating such a category, we decline to do so.

Finally, Picklesimer argues that even if section 290.006 applies to him, no facts exist that would support the trial court’s exercise of discretion to retain him in the state sex offender registry. (See Lewis v. Superior Court, supra, 169 Cal.App.4th at pp. 78-79 [granting Hofsheier relief on appeal, because there was no evidence in the record to support a discretionary registration requirement].) Accordingly, he argues, we may still follow the Lewis course of treating his motion as a petition for writ of mandate and issuing a writ directing the trial court to grant him relief.

The issue, however, is contested, and unlike in Lewis v. Superior Court, supra, 169 Cal.App.4th 70, the record before us is incomplete; no part of the original proceedings is included in the record on appeal. We thus cannot determine whether this is a case in which there is “no basis for the exercise of discretion” because “the existing facts unequivocally require one particular action.” (Id. at p. 77.) We therefore follow the course of the Court of Appeal in In re Stier, supra, 152 Cal.App.4th 63, and decline to exercise our discretion to convert Picklesimer’s motion to a petition for writ of mandate and decide it on the merits.

[*346] Disposition

For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeal, without prejudice to Picklesimer’s opportunity to file an original petition for writ of mandate in the trial court seeking whatever relief he may be entitled to under People v. Hofsheier, supra, 37 Cal.4th 1185.

George, C. 1, Kennard, J., Baxter, J., Chin, J., Moreno, J., and Corrigan, J., concurred.

1

All further unlabeled statutory references are to the Penal Code.

2

These exceptions generally arise in instances where the Legislature has expressly authorized such a motion. (See, e.g., § 17, subd. (b)(3) [motion to reduce a “wobbler” to a misdemeanor]; § 1016.5, subd. (b) [motion to vacate judgment and withdraw a plea based on the immigration consequences of the plea]; § 1203.4 [motion by probationer to vacate plea and dismiss charges]; § 1473.6 [motion to vacate judgment based on newly discovered evidence of fraud].)

3

This point distinguishes People v. Hyde (1975) 49 Cal.App.3d 97 [122 Cal.Rptr. 297], relied on by Picklesimer. In Hyde, the in-custody defendant filed a postjudgment motion asserting his entitlement to additional presentence custody credits disputed by the Adult Authority. The underlying judgment sentenced the defendant to state prison “ ‘for the term prescribed by law’ ” (id. at p. 101), and the defendant sought to have the court clarify that portion of its judgment. Whether or not Hyde was correct under the law as it then stood in the area it addressed (a motion to clarify prison custody credits)—a point we do not decide—it has no bearing here.

4

Without analysis of the procedural questions we resolve here, several Courts of Appeal have addressed on the merits appeals of freestanding postjudgment motions seeking Hofsheier relief. (See People v. Luansing (2009) 176 Cal.App.4th 676 [97 Cal.Rptr.3d 836]; People v. [*339] Hernandez (2008) 166 Cal.App.4th 641 [83 Cal.Rptr.3d 29]; People v. Manchel (2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 1108 [78 Cal.Rptr.3d 194]; People v. Garcia (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 475 [74 Cal.Rptr.3d 681].) To the extent these cases may be read as endorsing a postjudgment motion as an appropriate means of seeking Hofsheier relief for noncustodial defendants, we disapprove them as inconsistent with our analysis.

5

While the Department of Justice, as the entity responsible for maintenance of the state sex offender registry, would be the nominal respondent, the People as the real party in interest should receive notice and an opportunity to appear in any writ proceedings as well.

6

As we there explained, in Hofsheier we used “the term ‘voluntary’ in a special and restricted sense to indicate both that the minor victim willingly participated in the act and [that] . . . various statutory aggravating circumstances [were absent]: the perpetrator’s use of ‘force, violence, duress, menace or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on the victim or another person’ (§ 288a, subd. (c)(2)); the perpetrator’s ‘threatening to retaliate in the future against the victim or any other person’ (§ 288a, subd. (c)(3)); and the commission of the act while the victim is unconscious (§ 288a, subd. (f)) or intoxicated (§ 288a, subd. (i)).” (Hofsheier, supra, 37 Cal.4th at p. 1193, fn. 2.)

7

Section 290.006 provides: “Any person ordered by any court to register pursuant to the Act for any offense not included specifically in subdivision (c) of Section 290, shall so register, if the court finds at the time of conviction or sentencing that the person committed the offense as a result of sexual compulsion or for purposes of sexual gratification. The court shall state on the record the reasons for its findings and the reasons for requiring registration.”

8

It is true section 290.006’s language provides for discretionary findings to be made “at the time of conviction or sentencing.” However, implicit in our decision in Hofsheier, supra, 37 Cal.4th at pages 1208-1209, was the conclusion that the Legislature did not intend by this language to strip courts of the power to later enter findings in instances where, at the time of conviction or sentencing, any need for findings was obviated by the existence of a then valid mandatory registration requirement.