People v. Whaley

Opinion

BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, Acting P. J.

I. INTRODUCTION

Defendant George Whaley appeals from an order retroactively committing him to an “indeterminate term of commitment” (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6604.1, subd. (a)) 1 as a sexually violent predator under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) (§ 6600 et seq.). Whaley was first committed to a two-year term on January 28, 1999, and his commitment was extended for additional two-year terms thereafter. In 2007, while a petition to extend Whaley’s most recent term of commitment was pending, the People brought a motion to retroactively convert his…