California v. McClinton
Annotate this CaseA jury found defendant Lamar McClinton to be a sexually violent predator (SVP), as defined within the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA). The trial court then committed McClinton to the custody of the State Department of State Hospitals (SDSH) for an indeterminate term. On appeal, McClinton challenged several rulings made by the trial court; he also made four instructional error claims. McClinton argued there was insufficient evidence, and he claimed that the SVPA was fundamentally unconstitutional. The Court of Appeal disagreed and affirmed the judgment.
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