California Court of Appeal

The trial court erred in consolidating plaintiff's recommitment petitions, pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act, where the trials on the earlier petitions were delayed, over plaintiff's objections, solely to accommodate consolidation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/04/2004
• Published 11/04/2004

Judges

• McADAMS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Francis R. Cole, for Petitioner David Litmon, Jr., Jose R. Villarreal, Public Defender, Brian J. Matthews, Deputy Public Defender, Andrea E. Flint, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner Joseph Johnson, Jr., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Moona Nandi, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, for Real Party in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearances for Respondent.