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People v. Good
Opinion
Opinion
Coughlin, J.
The defendant was charged with the offense of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in seven counts, i.e., violations of section 272 of the Penal Code; in the municipal court, pleaded guilty to the offenses set forth in three of these counts; by that court was certified to the superior court for hearing and examination to determine whether he was a sexual psychopath within the meaning of chapter 4, part 1, division 6, of the Welfare and Institutions Code; and was the subject of a hearing before the latter court resulting in the judgment and order from which he takes this appeal. After the hearing in question, the trial judge signed and caused to be filed a document entitled “Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law” in which, in paragraph VI thereof, he finds that two qualified psychiatrists examined the defendant and found him “to be a sexual psychopath as defined in section 5500 of the Welfare and Institutions Code”; also finds, in paragraph VII thereof, that the defendant “is a person who is affected in a form predisposing him to the commission of sexual offenses, and in a degree constituting him a menace to the health or safety of others, with a psychopathic personality”;…