Edmonton

Certified for Partial Publication. [*]

RAYE, Acting P.J.

Defendant Kenneth Ian Edmonton appeals his commitment under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA). (Welf. & Inst.Code, § 6600 et seq.) A jury found defendant guilty of two sexually violent offenses and likely to engage in future sexually violent criminal behavior as a result of a diagnosed mental disorder. The trial court ordered defendant committed for two years to the custody of the State Department of Mental Health as a sexually violent predator (SVP). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6604.) Defendant appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, alleging instructional error, and arguing the court erred in permitting expert testimony regarding psychological instruments without proof of reliability or general acceptance within the scientific community. We shall affirm the judgment.

In December 1999 the Sacramento County District Attorney filed a petition for the extension of defendant's commitment as an SVP. (Welf. & Inst.Code, § 6604.) The petition alleges defendant previously had been convicted of two sexually violent offenses within the meaning of Welfare and Institutions Code section 6600, subdivision (b): a 1974…