Legal Opinion
People v. Field
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 6, 2016No. D069661PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HUFFMAN, J.—
Martin Field was committed to a mental hospital after a jury found he was a sexually violent predator (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, 1 § 6600 et seq.; SVPA or the Act). Field appeals, contending (1) the court prejudicially erred by failing to provide a certain pinpoint jury instruction; (2) the repeated use of the term “sexually violent predator” during trial violated his due process rights; (3) the court prejudicially erred in failing to properly instruct the jury regarding the meaning of the word “likely”; (4) cumulative error requires…
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