Legal Opinion
Sporich v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 5, 2000No. B135605PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
YEGAN, J.
The Sexually Violent Predators (SVP) Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.) has no provision for discovery.1 If the 1986 Civil Discovery Act has application in SVP proceedings, here there was no good cause for the trial court to order additional psychiataric interviews
Jack Sporich, a recidivist child molester, was about to be released from state prison in 1996 when the Director of Corrections determined that he might be a sexually violent predator within the meaning of the newly enacted statutory scheme. Two psychological evaluations were conducted in late 1996 and based…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Sporich v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000