P. v. Christner CA4/3
Kathleen A. Kenealy, Acting Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Eric A. Swenson and Joy Utomi, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
On December 30, 2003, the People filed a petition in the superior court to commit Joseph Christner as a sexually violent predator (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.) The first trial took place in September 2014, and resulted in a mistrial when the jury was unable to agree on a finding. The second trial was held from September 30, 2015 to October 15, 2015, and resulted in the jury finding defendant qualified as an SVP. The trial court ordered defendant committed indefinitely pursuant to section 6604.
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