JOHNDROW

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Defendant Glenn Arthur Johndrow appeals from an order of the Shasta County Superior Court committing him to the State Department of Mental Health (DMH) for an indeterminate term following a jury's finding that he is a sexually violent predator (SVP). He contends that (1) he had a due process right to testify over his counsel's objection and (2) recent amendments to the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA; Welf. Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.) permitting indeterminate commitments are unconstitutional. 1 We shall affirm the order of commitment.

Dr. Davis also reviewed defendant's three prior sex-related convictions that qualified as predatory sex offenses. These were as follows.

In 1986 defendant was convicted of lewd conduct with a child under 14 years of age. Defendant "volunteered" to take a developmentally disabled 12-year-old boy…