Legal Opinion
People v. Roberge
California Supreme Court
Decided February 6, 2003No. S094627PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KENNARD, J.
Under California’s Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA), convicted sex offenders who have served their prison terms may be involuntarily committed to a state mental hospital if found to be “sexually violent predator[s].” (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6604; further undesignated statutory references are to this code.) That finding is made after a trial (§ 6603), based on proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the person to be involuntarily committed meets the statutory definition of a sexually violent predator (§ 6604).
The SVPA defines a sexually violent predator as someone who “has…
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