People v. Reynolds, No. E047192

Dismissal of defendant's petition for unconditional release after he had been recommitted as a Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) is affirmed where: 1) the trial court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the petition where defendant did not oppose the dismissal motion and conceded there were no changed circumstances at the hearing; and 2) trial counsel provided effective assistance of counsel in not opposing the motion to dismiss where there were no changed circumstances to support a conclusion that defendant's condition had so changed he would not be a danger to others. 

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Appellate Information

Filed February 10, 2010

Judges

Opinion by Judge Ramirez

Counsel

Appellant:  Rudy Kraft

For Appellee:  Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Rhonda Cartwright-Ladendorf, Kristen Kinnaird Chenelia, and Stacy A. Tyler, Deputy Attorneys General