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California SVP Determination Based on Hearsay Evidence Reversed

by Mark Wilson

The Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District reversed a Sexually Violent Predator (“SVP”) adjudication, finding that the State’s expert witnesses improperly testified about inadmissible hearsay evidence in support of their conclusion that the SVP statutory criteria were satisfied.

On May 12, 2009, California prosecutors filed ...

 

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