Legal Opinion

People v. Mendoza

Colorado Court of Appeals

Decided October 13, 2011No. 08CA2453PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge DAILEY.

In this appeal, defendant, Tommie Corral Mendoza, challenges the district court's order designating him a sexually violent predator (SVP). Because we reject his challenges to the use of an SVP Assessment Sereening Instrument (SVPAST) and to the court's determination that he is an SVP, we affirm.

I. Background

In connection with numerous alleged sexual assaults of his teenage stepdaughter, defendant was charged with one count of sexual assault on a child, one count of sexual assault on a child as a pattern of abuse, five counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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3Cited by13 opinions

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