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People v. Roa

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 2, 2017No. B264885MPublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

CHAVEZ,

Nickolas Roa (Roa) appeals from the judgment and order committing him indefinitely to the custody of the State Department of State Hospitals after a jury found him to be a sexually violent predator (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.). Roa contends the trial court committed prejudicial error and denied him his due process rights by allowing the expert witnesses to testify as to case-specific facts that constitute inadmissible hearsay under People v. Sanchez (2016) 63 Cal.4th 665 [204 Cal.Rptr.3d 102, 374 P.3d 320] (Sanchez)…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  3. People v. DoolinCalifornia Supreme Court · 2009
  4. People v. WaidlaCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000
  5. People v. FryeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. People v. Flint, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
  2. People v. Yates, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
  3. People v. Bocklett, California Court of Appeal, 5th District2018
  4. Bennett v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2019
  5. In re MorseCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2021

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