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People v. Flint

California Court of Appeal, 5th District

Decided April 30, 2018No. A144631PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Schulman, J.*

*987Scott D. Flint was committed to the custody of the California Department of State Hospitals (DSH) for an indeterminate term, after a jury found he was a sexually violent predator (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Predators Act ( Welf. & Inst. Code,1 § 6600 et seq. ) (SVPA or the Act). Flint appeals, contending: (1) he was deprived of his right to equal protection when he was compelled to testify in the People's case-in-chief, because a person found not guilty of crimes by reason of insanity (NGI) may not be compelled to testify at hearings to extend his or her commitment; (2) the…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  4. People v. GardeleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1996
  5. People v. ZamudioCalifornia Supreme Court · 2008

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. People v. PerezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2020
  2. People v. Yates, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
  3. Stennett v. Miller, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2019
  4. In re Corpus, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
  5. People v. Calhoun, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2019

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