P. v. Johndrow 7/1/09 CA3

State: California

Court: 1st District Court of Appeal 1st District Court of Appeal

Docket No: C055620

Case Date: 09/17/2009

Preview:Filed 7/1/09

CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION* IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT (Shasta) ----

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GLENN ARTHUR JOHNDROW, Defendant and Appellant.

C055620 (Super. Ct. Nos. 95F7001, 93F3391)

APPEAL from a judgment (order of commitment) of the Superior Court of Shasta County, Steven E. Jahr, Judge. Affirmed. Michael B. McPartland, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stephen G. Herndon, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Jeanne R. Wolfe, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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Pursuant to California Rules of Court, rule 8.1110, this opinion is certified for publication with the exception of part I. 1

Defendant Glenn Arthur Johndrow appeals from an order of the Shasta County Superior Court committing him to the 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,

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