California Court of Appeal

Order committing defendant as an sexually violent predator is affirmed over claims of error that: 1) the amended Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA) violates several provisions of the Constitution; 2) the order is not supported by substantial evidence; 3) Proposition 83 violates the single-subject rule; and 4) defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/08/2008
• Published 08/08/2008

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Patricia J. Ulibarri, San Diego, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Julie A. Hokans and John A. Bachman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.