P. v. Krusick CA4/3
Albert John Krusick appeals from the judgment committing him to a state hospital after a jury found he was a sexually violent predator (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.) “The . . . SVPA or the Act[ ] allows the state to petition superior courts for the involuntary civil commitment of certain convicted sex offenders whose diagnosed mental disorders make them a significant danger to others and likely to reoffend after release from prison.” (Walker v. Superior Court (2021) 12 Cal.5th 177, 184, fn. omitted.) At the trial on a commitment petition, the People must prove three criteria beyond a reasonable doubt: (1) the person was previously convicted of a qualifying “‘sexually violent offense’” as defined in section 6600, subdivision (b) (§ 6600, subd. (a)(1)); (2) the person has “a diagnosed mental disorder that makes the person a danger to the health and safety of others” (ibid.);
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