IN RE SMITH

No. S145959.

73 Cal.Rptr.3d 469 (2008)

42 Cal.4th 1251

178 P.3d 446

In re David Woodrow SMITH, on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

March 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Woodrow Smith, in pro. per.

J. Courtney Shevelson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Carmel, for Petitioner David Woodrow Smith.

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


MORENO, J.

Under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVP Act), Welfare and Institutions Code section 6600 et seq., a person can be civilly committed as a sexually violent predator at the conclusion of a felony prison term, provided he or she has prior convictions for certain sexually violent offenses and a jury finds the person has a mental disorder that makes it likely he or she will engage in sexually violent criminal...

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