GARCETTI v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B141817.

102 Cal.Rptr.2d 703 (2000)

85 Cal.App.4th 1113

Gil GARCETTI, as District Attorney, etc., Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Barry Meril Blake, Real Party in Interest.

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

Rehearing Denied January 25, 2001.

Review Denied April 11, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gil Garcetti, District Attorney, Fred Klink and Brent Riggs, Deputy District Attorneys, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Michael P. Judge, Public Defender, Albert J. Menaster, John Douglas and Jack T. Weedin, Deputy Public Defenders, for Real Party in Interest.


KLEIN, P.J.

Gil Garcetti, District Attorney of Los Angeles County, petitions for a writ of mandate to overturn the superior court's order sustaining a demurrer by Barry Meril Blake (Blake) to the People's commitment petition under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVP Act) (Welf. & Inst.Code, § 6600 et seq.) and dismissing the commitment proceedings.1

A requisite to a commitment under the SVP Act is that a defendant...

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