Supreme Court of California

The Sexually Violent Predators Act, Welf. & Inst. Code 6600 et seq., does not require the trier of fact to find that the defendant-s prior sexual crimes involved "predatory acts," which are statutorily defined as acts against a stranger, a casual acquaintance, or someone cultivated for the purpose of victimization.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/21/2001
• Published 05/21/2001

Judges

• KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Cynthia A. Thomas, Sacramento, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.,  Ron Boyer for California Public Defenders Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant., Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Erik Brunkal, Michael J. Weinberger and Ruth M. Saavedra, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.