Legal Opinion
People v. Collins
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 9, 2003No. D040624PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’ROURKE, J.
Roger Thomas Collins appeals orders denying his petition for conditional release under Welfare and Institutions Code section 6608 1 of the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) and his motion for reconsideration of that order. Collins contends the court erred in denying his petition as frivolous because it was supported by substantial evidence and was not totally and completely without merit. We agree the petition was not based on frivolous grounds and thus reverse the court’s order denying Collins’s petition.
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In April 1998, the superior court…
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