California Court of Appeal

Recommitment order for an indefinite term under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) is affirmed where: 1) defendant's constitutional challenge was without merit; and 2) defendant's administrative claim was an unsuccessful collateral attack on the original judgment of commitment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/25/2009
• Published 02/25/2009

Judges

• MARGULIES, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Rudy Kraft, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Catherine A. Rivlin and Bridget Billeter, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.