The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
Guadalupe TORRES, Defendant and Appellant.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 21, 2001.
Rehearing Denied July 11, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Cynthia A. Thomas, Sacramento, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.
Ron Boyer for California Public Defenders Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Erik Brunkal, Michael J. Weinberger and Ruth M. Saavedra, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
KENNARD, J.
In Hubbart v. Superior Court (1999) 19 Cal.4th 1138, 81 Cal.Rptr.2d 492, 969 P.2d 584, we upheld the constitutionality of the Sexually Violent Predators Act (Welf. & Inst.Code, § 6600 et seq. (Act)).1 The Act provides for civil commitment of criminal defendants who, after serving their prison...
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