California Court of Appeal

A prior finding, that a defendant was not a Mentally Disordered Sex Offender, does not bar a present determination of mental disorder under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA); due process does not require notice or representation by counsel before referral of an inmate for evaluation under the SVPA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/13/2002
• Published 06/13/2002

Judges

• CALLAHAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Sarah Foxman Pattison, El Macero, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Acting Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clayton S. Tanaka and Jane N. Kirkland, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.