1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Cal.App.3d
  4. 130 Cal.App.3d
  5. 130 Cal.App.3d 39 (1982)
 

PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT (WAITLEY)

Docket Nos. 52795, 52760.

130 Cal.App.3d 39 (1982)

180 Cal. Rptr. 790

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Respondent; GILBERT WAITLEY, Real Party in Interest. THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MARIN COUNTY, Respondent; JAMES JORDAN WOJAHN, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

February 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, William D. Stein, Assistant Attorney General, W. Eric Collins and David D. Salmon, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, Harriet Wiss Hirsch and Paul D. Fogel, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

POCHE, J.

These two proceedings present a single question: whether equal protection entitles mentally disordered sex offenders (MDSOs) to a reduction of their maximum term of commitment by conduct credits for precommitment and midcommitment custody. We hold it does not.

FACTS

In each case the defendant, having been found guilty of a sex related crime, was found...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases