People v. Shazier CA6

Filed 12/29/14 P. v. Shazier CA6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

THE PEOPLE, H035423

(Santa Clara County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. 210813)

v.

DARIEL SHAZIER,

Defendant and Appellant.

Defendant Dariel Shazier has appealed his involuntary civil commitment order adjudging him a sexually violent predator (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVPA or Act) two times. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.) In both appeals, we reversed this commitment based on prosecutorial misconduct by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. This case was tried in the Santa Clara County Superior Court three separate times. The first trial resulted in a hung jury. We reversed the judgment in…