PEOPLE v. BUTLER

No. B126847.

88 Cal.Rptr.2d 210 (1999)

74 Cal.App.4th 557

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Kevin BUTLER, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

August 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent Douglas Baker, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Jennevee H. de Guzman, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


COFFEE, J.

Kevin Butler appeals from his commitment as a mentally disordered offender (MDO) under Penal Code section 2962.1 He argues that his conviction for stalking under section 646.9 was not an MDO offense because it did not involve "force or violence," and that the evidence introduced at his court trial was insufficient to prove he suffered from a "severe mental disorder." We affirm.

FACTS

In February of 1995, appellant...

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