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PEOPLE v. RIFFEY

No. C055649.

163 Cal.App.4th 474 (2008)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROBERT JAMES RIFFEY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District, Placer.

May 28, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan K. Keiser, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Catherine Chatman and Julie A. Hokans, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

ROBIE, J.

Committed to the State Department of Mental Health (the department) for an indeterminate term as a sexually violent predator (SVP), defendant Robert James Riffey appeals. He contends the recent amendments to the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA; Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.)1 that provide for indeterminate commitments should not have been applied to him retroactively and are unconstitutional...

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