People v. Stead

How courts have described this case

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• holding that because the lifetime registration and internet posting requirements associated with SVP designation are not punishments, the constitutional guarantee of trial by jury does not apply to SVP designation
• “Because we conclude that the registration and Internet posting provisions of [Colorado’s sex-offender-registration law] do not constitute punishment, Apprendi is inapplicable.”
• “[T]he sex offender registration statute does not disadvantage those offenders subject to its provisions; thus, registration is not punishment . . . .”
• “Because we conclude that the registration and Internet posting provisions ... do not constitute punishment, Apprendi is inapplicable.”
• appellate courts defer to court's factual findings regarding SVP determination when findings are supported by competent evidence
• additional finding of scienter exists because court must find whether the victim was a stranger or, if the victim was not a stranger, whether a defendant established or promoted a relationship with the victim primarily for the purpose of sexual victimization

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).