People v. Washington

Filed 12/3/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE B299238

OF CALIFORNIA,

(Los Angeles County Plaintiff and Respondent, Super. Ct. No. ZM023624)

v.

CLAYBORN WASHINGTON,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Mark S. Arnold, Judge. Conditionally affirmed with directions. Paul R. Kraus, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Susan Sullivan Pithey, Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Roadarmel, Jr., and Eric J. Kohn, Deputy Attorneys General for Plaintiff and Respondent.

_________________ Clayborn Washington was convicted of five sexually violent offenses that took place in 1984, including rape by force of one victim and rape of an unconscious person, kidnapping, and two counts of sodomy as to a second victim. Prior to Washington’s release, on May 14, 2014 the People filed a petition to commit Washington as a sexually violent predator (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA; Welf. &…