P. v. Hicks
After a jury found appellant Rick Lee Hicks to be a sexually violent predator (SVP), the trial court committed him to the custody of the Department of Mental Health (DMH) for an indeterminate term under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.).[1] Hicks appeals, contending (1) that the trial court prejudicially erred when it accepted defense counsel’s waiver of a probable cause hearing without obtaining Hicks’s personal waiver of that hearing; (2) that the trial court committed reversible error when it declined to instruct on circumstantial evidence; and (3) that there was insufficient evidence that Hicks would likely commit a future predatory offense without appropriate treatment in a custodial setting. We disagree and affirm.
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