California Court of Appeal

Order of recommitment after a jury determined defendant remains a sexually violent predator under the Sexually Violent Predator Act is affirmed over claim that defendant was deprived of his constitutional right to testify on his own behalf at his SVP trial as defendant lacked a right to testify over his attorney's objection since the SVP proceedings are special proceedings of a civil nature and his attorney could waive his right to testify on the ground doing so would be harmful to the defense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/16/2006
• Published 11/16/2006

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher Blake, San Diego, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey J. Koch, Deputy Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Steve Oetting, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.