Garcetti v. Superior Court

Opinion

EPSTEIN, Acting P. J.

We are asked to decide narrow but significant points of statutory construction concerning the Sexually Violent Predators Act (the Act) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.; all further statutory citations are to this code unless otherwise indicated). The principal questions are: (1) whether conviction of a sexually violent offense may be counted as a predicate conviction under the Act if the defendant was sentenced to an indeterminate term for that crime; and (2), if so, whether this is true even though a petition for commitment under the Act is filed before the…