Legal Opinion
People v. Wright
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 24, 2016No. B269705PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
JOHNSON, J.
In January 2016, the trial court, pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.), 1 found John Wright (Wright) to be a sexually violent predator (SVP) and committed him to a state hospital for an indefinite term.
On appeal, Wright advances a number of different arguments, including that the commitment order was not supported by substantial evidence. In particular, Wright argues that the diagnosis of hebephilia by the People’s expert was fundamentally flawed due, inter alia, to a lack of information about the physical characteristics…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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