Supreme Court of California

Under Welf. & Inst. Code section 6600(a)(the Sexually Violent Predators Act), a person is "likely [to] engage in sexually violent criminal behavior" if at trial the person is found to present a serious and well-founded risk of committing such crimes if released from custody.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/06/2003
• Published 02/06/2003

Judges

• KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  David L. Polsky, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Garrett Beaumont, Janelle M. Boustany, Laura Whitcomb Halgren, Robert M. Foster and Bradley A. Weinreb, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.