Legal Opinion
People v. SUPERIOR COURT (WHITLEY)
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 5, 1999No. A084054PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STRANKMAN, P. J.
By petition for writ of mandate, the People challenge an order of the trial court dismissing a petition for the civil commitment of real party in interest Barry Whitley under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (the Act). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.) We will grant the People’s petition and direct the trial court to vacate its order of dismissal and to proceed instead with a probable cause hearing under Welfare and Institutions Code section 6602.
Background
We summarized the convoluted history of Whitley’s confinement in Terhune v. Superior Court (1998) 65…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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