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PEOPLE v. SAFFELL

Docket No. Crim. 20837.

25 Cal.3d 223 (1979)

599 P.2d 92

157 Cal. Rptr. 897

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FRANK EDWARD SAFFELL, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

September 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Appellate Defenders, Inc., under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Handy Horiye for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger and George Deukmejian, Attorneys General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, Alan S. Meth and Henry R. Mann, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

We consider and will reject the contention that the Mentally Disordered Sex Offenders Act (the Act) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6300 et seq.; all further statutory references are to that code unless otherwise cited) constitutes a denial of equal protection of the laws. The specific target of constitutional attack is that provision of the Act which automatically...

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