Legal Opinion
Garcetti v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 29, 2000No. B141817PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KLEIN, P. J.
Gil Garcetti, District Attorney of Los Angeles County, petitions for a writ of mandate to overturn the superior court’s order sustaining a demurrer by Barry Meril Blake (Blake) to the People’s commitment petition under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVP Act) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.) and dismissing the commitment proceedings.1
A requisite to a commitment under the SVP Act is that a defendant have been convicted of sexually violent offenses against at least two victims. (§ 6600, subd. (a).) Section 6600, subdivision (a) provides “a conviction resulting in a…
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