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Conviction Mandatory to Civilly Commit Under Sexually Violent Predator Act

The Supreme Court of California has held that in order to continue Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) proceedings against someone whose conviction has been reversed, the state must once again convict that person.

In 1982, as well as 1988, David Woodrow Smith was convicted of multiple sex charges against children. Smith ...

 

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