PEOPLE v. DODD

No. B178643.

35 Cal.Rptr.3d 692 (2005)

133 Cal.App.4th 1564

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Shawn DODD, Defendant and Appellant.

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

November 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danalynn Pritz, Encino, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mary Sanchez, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Thomas C. Hsieh, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


PERREN, J.

Shawn Dodd appeals from the order committing him to the Department of Mental Health (DMH) for treatment as a mentally disordered offender (MDO). (Pen.Code, § 2960 et seq.)1 He contends that there was insufficient evidence that he suffered from the severe mental disorder of pedophilia. We agree and reverse.

FACTS

In 1998, Dodd was convicted of committing a lewd and lascivious act with a child under the...

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