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PEOPLE v. ROBERGE

No. S094627.

129 Cal.Rptr.2d 861 (2003)

29 Cal.4th 979

62 P.3d 97

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Joseph Albert ROBERGE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Polsky, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Garrett Beaumont, Janelle M. Boustany, Laura Whitcomb Halgren, Robert M. Foster and Bradley A. Weinreb, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

KENNARD, J.

Under California's Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA), convicted sex offenders who have served their prison terms may be involuntarily committed to a state mental hospital if found to be "sexually violent predator[s]." (Welf. & InstCode, § 6604; further undesignated statutory references are to this code.) That finding is made after a trial (§ 6603), based on proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the person to be involuntarily committed...

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