California Court of Appeal
People v. Dean, E041513
Judgment and order committing defendant to the State Department of Mental Health as a sexually violent predator is affirmed where: 1) there was no reversible error in allowing plaintiff's experts to testify to inadmissible hearsay; and 2) the appointment of only one expert for defendant did not violate his due process rights as he was fully able to present his side of the story to the trier of fact and fundamental fairness was accorded.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/10/2009
- Published 03/10/2009
Judges
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, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, and Lilia E. Garcia and Arlene A. Sevidal, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.