PEOPLE v. CHEEK

No. S083305.

108 Cal.Rptr.2d 181 (2001)

25 Cal.4th 894

24 P.3d 1204

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Michael Thomas CHEEK, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Fama, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Rene A. Chacon and Bridget A. Billeter, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


KENNARD, J.

This case concerns the annual review hearing afforded defendants committed under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (Welf. & Inst.Code, § 6600 et seq. (Act)).1

The Act provides for civil commitment for a renewable two-year term of criminal defendants who, after serving their prison term, are found to be "sexually violent predator[s]." (§ 6604.) Once so committed, a defendant is entitled to an annual review...

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