ACSOL leaders Chance Oberstein and Janice Bellucci have rescheduled training for the completion of California Tiered Registry petitions. The new date is Thursday, July 29, at 9 a.m Pacific. The training will be recorded and the recording will be available on the ACSOL website on a later date.
“Due to disruptions during the first attempt to conduct the training, the second training session will be held by webinar,” stated ACSOL Executive Director Janice Bellucci. “Webinar technology, however, limits the submission of questions during the training to written, not oral, questions.”
Prior to participating in the training, it is recommended that individuals review the forms below, including the petition form as well as the forms to be completed by the District Attorney offices as well as judges:
Petition – Instructions – July 2021
Has anyone had any success in challenging their Tier designation via the DOJ phone number or email address included in the Tier letter? Any experience at all for anything using those methods?
My husband is a Tier 3 but he is optomistic that many Tier 3s will be able to petition for removal from the registery in the future. However, he talked to someone who is a Tier 2 petitioner that the DA objected to based on a police report that makes the facts seem much worse than the plea of conviction.
So with a little reserch I found this.
(3) If the district attorney requests a hearing, he or she shall be entitled to present evidence regarding whether community safety would be significantly enhanced by requiring continued registration. In determining whether to order continued registration, the court shall consider: the nature and facts of the registerable offense; the age and number of victims; whether any victim was a stranger at the time of the offense (known to the offender for less than 24 hours); criminal and relevant noncriminal behavior before and after conviction for the registerable offense; the time period during which the person has not reoffended; successful completion, if any, of a Sex Offender Management Board-certified sex offender treatment program; and the person’s current risk of sexual or violent reoffense, including the person’s risk levels on SARATSO static, dynamic, and violence risk assessment instruments, if available. Any judicial determination made pursuant to this section may be heard and determined upon declarations, affidavits, police reports, or any other evidence submitted by the parties which is reliable, material, and relevant.
No one seems to know what this procedure will mean. Near as I can tell it is like a California prop 47 petition to lower a felony to a misdemeanor but I’m far from a lawyer.
Have any of you studied this?
I filed my petition today and I am doing it without an attorney. My experience nearly everyone including the court, DA and the PD knows nothing about this law. My advice to those whom that are doing it on their own is to be fully informed about this process as you maybe only one knows what is going on.
Does anyone know who is Ashley Meek? I received a letter from her, and she is a legal document assistant from Los Angeles. She supposed to prepare 290 removal documents for $995. I do not need this because I have done my own and it already filed and about 3 months in the pipeline. It appears she used the Megan list to get address for her mailings.
I register in Riverside County, but initially got into trouble in LA County 18 years ago. In tier 1, just went through the process of terminating registration. Filled out the forms, served all who needed to be served. Everything went through smoothly. Thank you Janice! Thank you Chance!
Unfortunately I’m a Tier 3 with :
311.1A Misdemeanor
311.2D Felony
288.2(B) Felony
No contact offense. 21 years ago. I have no off-ramp at this time. Hoping someday before I’m dead I will be able to get off this outrageous BS!
Hello Everyone
Can anyone here be kind enough to recommend an attorney to terminate my registration here in Alameda County Ca? Tier 1 misdemeanor expunged
Called a few here, but they could not even tell me how many of these they have done, how long it took or if they were successful asking $2,995 to $6,500. Will to pay 3k if they are trustworthy.
thank you so very much
To Liz and others – When the DA objects to an individual’s petition and asks the court to require the individual to continue registering in order to significantly enhance community safety, there is a hearing on the merits regarding the DA’s request. Prior to the hearing, both the registrant’s attorney and the DA’s office prepare and file lengthy briefs supporting their position. It is possible that a judge will take testimony during the hearing, but it is unlikely because the original case is not to be relitigated. I have been through this entire process once on behalf of an individual convicted of PC 288(a) which is a Tier 2 offense. The DA’s office in that case argued that the offense for which he was charged, but not convicted, should determine his tier assignment which of course would have been Tier 3. The judge denied the DA’s request and stated that the DA did not meet his burden of proof. As a result, my client is no longer required to register.