O'LEA

Appellant challenges the validity of the order of the court below entered on October 3, 1969, declaring him to be a mentally disordered sex offender (hereinafter referred to as MDSO) within the meaning of the applicable provisions of the Welfare and Institutions Code and committing him for placement in an institutional unit for the treatment of such offenders in a facility of the Department of Corrections for an indefinite period.

We find no merit in appellant’s contention that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to make the order of commitment because it was not made contemporaneously with either of two prior judgments convicting him of indecent exposure. We hold that appellant’s repeated convictions of indecent exposure and his violation of the terms of probation granted him after such convictions by committing still another sex crime within the period of his probation provided a clearly sufficient legal basis for the proceedings culminating in the challenged order. We find no procedural error.

Relevant Procedural History

On July 13, 1964, appellant pleaded guilty of violating Penal Code section 314, subdivision 1, indecent exposure, and admitted a prior conviction…