People v. Superior Court (Couthren)

Filed 11/7/19 CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION ONE THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, A155969 v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF (Mendocino County Super. Ct. MENDOCINO COUNTY, No. SCUK-CRCR-95-20535) Respondent; JOHN COUTHREN, Real Party in Interest. Following a probable cause hearing, respondent court dismissed the People’s petition for civil commitment of real party in interest John Couthren as a sexually violent predator (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (Welf. & Inst. Code,1 § 6600 et seq. (SVP Act)) and referred him for…