IN RE KIRK

No. A087145.

88 Cal.Rptr.2d 648 (1999)

74 Cal.App.4th 1066

In re Lawrence Rudy KIRK on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1999.

Review Denied November 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan B. Steele, for petitioner.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christina V. Kuo, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Catherine A. Rivlin, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, for respondent.


JONES, P.J.

Following a hearing, the trial court found there was probable cause to hold petitioner for trial as a potential "sexually violent predator" (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (Welf. & Inst.Code, § 6600 et seq., the SVP Act).1 In his petition for writ of habeas corpus, petitioner contends the trial court's probable cause finding was not based on competent evidence, insofar as the trial court relied on uncertified...

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