Ingram

Filed 9/12/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Sacramento) ----

THE PEOPLE, C098000

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 99F06254)

v.

MICHAEL INGRAM,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, Alyson L. Lewis, Judge. Affirmed.

Rudy Kraft, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Julie A. Hokans, Jessica C. Leal, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

In 2017, a jury found defendant Michael Ingram was a sexually violent predator and he was committed for an indeterminate term to the State Department of State Hospitals (DSH) pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA; Welf. & Inst.

1 Code, § 6600 et seq.).1 In 2020, he filed a petition for conditional release. In order to prevail on his petition, he had to prove it was not likely he would engage in sexually violent criminal behavior if released…