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California Sexual Predator Commitment Requires Trial; Cannot be Based on Civil Discovery Admissions

The California Court of Appeal, District 4, held that the civil commitment of sexual predators (Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600 et seq.) cannot be obtained upon admissions propounded under civil discovery rules. To do so, the court held, would deprive the state of its burden to prove its ...

 

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