PEOPLE v. MENDOZA

No. F032945.

96 Cal.Rptr.2d 431 (2000)

81 Cal.App.4th 179

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Raymond MENDOZA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

Review Granted August 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. McPartland, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Petaluma, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Carlos A. Martinez and Robert M. Morgester, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

ARDAIZ, P.J.

On December 15, 1997, the Merced County District Attorney's Office filed a petition to civilly commit appellant, Raymond Mendoza, as a sexually violent predator pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predators (SVP) Act. The trial court found probable cause to believe that appellant was a sexually violent predator and ordered him held pending trial.

After a trail by jury, the jury...

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