People v. Castillo

Opinion

GEORGE, C. J.

We granted review to determine whether the Court of Appeal erred by modifying the term of appellant’s civil commitment as a sexually violent predator from two years—the term agreed to by the Los Angeles County District Attorney, the Los Angeles County Public Defender, and the Presiding Judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, pursuant to a signed stipulation—to an indeterminate term, as provided by Proposition 83’s amendments to Welfare and Institutions Code section 6604. We reverse the judgment rendered by the Court of Appeal, and enforce the stipulation.

I

A

In 1985,…