Attorney Training Overview Guidelines
Life Parole Consideration Hearings
Mentally Disordered Offender Hearings
Sexually Violent Predator Hearings
Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Hearings:
SVP probable cause
hearings are conducted pursuant to AB 888 which added Sections 6600-6609
of the Welfare and Institutions Code and has been adopted into Title 15,
Division 2, Section 2600.1 of the California Code of Regulations.
AB 888 was passed in an attempt to prevent a continual threat to
society by those persons who are identified as “sexual predators” by
means of continued treatment within DMH after release from prison. CDC and BPT staff will identify and screen I/Ps based upon
whether they have committed a sexually violent predatory offense against
two or more victims.
The BPT hearing is to
determine if probable cause exists based upon the aforementioned criteria.
If probable cause is found, then a parole hold is placed on the I/P
pending an SVP hearing in the county of commitment.
If CDC, DMH, BPT, or the DA’s office from the county of
commitment determine that no probable cause exists, then the I/P is
released on parole.