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PEOPLE v. WAKEFIELD

No. D032530.

97 Cal.Rptr.2d 221 (2000)

81 Cal.App.4th 893

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Merle G. WAKEFIELD, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

Review Denied September 27, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Hendricks, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Janelle M. Boustany and Bradley A. Weinreb, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

KREMER, P.J.

Merle G. Wakefield appeals a civil commitment under the Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Act (Welf. & Ins.Code,1 § 6600 et seq.) pursuant to petitions filed in March 1997 and October 1997. He contends the court lacked jurisdiction to order a commitment, because he was not in lawful custody at the time the petitions were filed. He also contends the commitment is invalid because the SVP Act's requirement for a current...

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