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WALKER v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. S263588.

12 Cal.5th 177 (2021)

494 P.3d 2

JEFFREY WALKER, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 30, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erwin F. Fredrich for Petitioner.

Benjamin Salorio , Public Defender (Imperial), and Darren Bean , Deputy Public Defender, for William Morse as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Xavier Becerra and Rob Bonta , Attorneys General, Lance E Winters , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence , Assistant Attorney General, Seth K. Schalit , René A. Chacón and Moona Nandi , Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

The Sexually Violent Predator Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.; SVPA or the Act)1 allows the state to petition superior courts for the involuntary civil commitment of certain convicted sex offenders whose diagnosed mental disorders make them a significant danger...

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