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In Re Smith

California Supreme Court

Decided March 24, 2008No. S145959PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

MORENO, J.

Under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVP Act), Welfare and Institutions Code section 6600 et seq., a person can be civilly committed as a sexually violent predator (SVP) at the conclusion of a felony prison term, provided he or she has prior convictions for certain sexually violent offenses and a jury finds the person has a mental disorder that makes it likely he or she will engage in sexually violent criminal behavior. In the present case, after SVP commitment proceedings were initiated against petitioner, the felony conviction that was the basis of his custody at the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Jackson v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Baxstrom v. HeroldSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. People v. SandovalCalifornia Supreme Court · 2007
  4. People v. Superior Court (Ghilotti)California Supreme Court · 2002
  5. People v. HofsheierCalifornia Supreme Court · 2006

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. People v. McKeeCalifornia Supreme Court · 2010
  2. People v. McKeeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2012
  3. People v. DunleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2016
  4. In Re LucasCalifornia Supreme Court · 2012
  5. People v. SweeneyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2009

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