Magana

Filed 3/14/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

THE PEOPLE, B311611

Plaintiff and Respondent, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. ZM033875) v.

JESUS MAGANA,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, James R. Dabney, Judge. Conditionally affirmed with directions. Christian C. Buckley, 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, Noah P. Hill and Nima Razfar, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

______________ In 2011 Jesus Magana was convicted of two counts of committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14, and he was sentenced to six years in state prison. Prior to Magana’s release, on November 7, 2016 the People filed a petition to commit Magana as a sexually violent predator (SVP) under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA; Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.). 1 At the conclusion of the probable cause hearing, the…