The People v. Jennings CA3

Filed 10/7/13 P. v. Jennings CA3

NOT TO BE PUBLISHED

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT

(Shasta)

THE PEOPLE, C072779

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Super. Ct. No. 95F3927)

v.

PAUL FRANCIS JENNINGS,

Defendant and Appellant.

A jury found defendant Paul Francis Jennings was a sexually violent predator (SVP) within the meaning of the Sexually Violent Predators Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.; hereafter SVPA)1 and the trial court committed him to the State Department of State Hospitals (formerly the State Department of Mental Health) for an indeterminate term.

References to undesignated sections are to the Welfare and Institutions Code. 2 Proposition 83, passed by the voters at the November 7, 2006, General…