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PEOPLE v. O'SHELL

Nos. D052192, D052648.

172 Cal.App.4th 1296 (2009)

___ Cal.Rptr.3d ___

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID O'SHELL, Defendant and Appellant. In re DAVID O'SHELL on Habeas Corpus.

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

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, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Barry Carlton and Sharon L. Rhodes, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

IRION, J.

David O'Shell appeals an order involuntarily committing him for an indeterminate term to the custody of the State Department of Mental Health (DMH) after a jury found him to be a sexually violent predator (SVP) within the meaning of the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA or Act). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.)1

O'Shell argues that the order must be reversed because (i) the trial court...

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