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PEOPLE v. MEDINA

No. A120517.

171 Cal.App.4th 805 (2009)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PORFIRIO ALBERT MEDINA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

As modified March 10, 2009.

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudy Kraft, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Catherine A. Rivlin and Bridget Billeter, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MARGULIES, J.

In 2005, the County of Mendocino (County) filed a petition to recommit defendant Porfirio Albert Medina, an admitted sexually violent predator (SVP), for a period of two years, which was the maximum period of recommitment permitted at the time under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.).1 Prior to any action on the petition, the SVPA was amended to permit...

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