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IN RE SMITH

No. B184548.

46 Cal.Rptr.3d 98 (2006)

In re David Woodrow SMITH, on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Seven.

July 10, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Woodrow Smith, in pro. per.; and J. Courtney Shevelson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Petitioner.

Steve Cooley, District Attorney, Brentford J. Ferreira, Phyllis C. Asayama and Rebecca Marie Madrid, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.

ZELON, J.

Petitioner David Woodrow Smith challenges his confinement as a sexually violent predator (SVP) on the ground that the conviction that brought him into the SVP evaluation and commitment system was invalidated after the SVP commitment petition was filed. We deny the petition.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1982, Smith was convicted of four counts of oral copulation on a child under the age of 16 (Pen.Code, § 288a, subd. (b)(2)...

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