People v. Superior Court

*140Opinion

COTTLE, P. J.

I. Introduction

After the probable cause hearing, respondent court dismissed the People’s petition for civil commitment of real party in interest Jerry Howard (hereafter, Howard) as a sexually violent offender under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.).1 The court ruled that due process would be violated if the victim hearsay statements contained in the probation reports were admitted to prove that Howard had committed two or more sexually violent offenses, and that the admissible evidence contained in Howard’s records of prior convictions…