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P. v. Shamon
Simon Shamon appeals from an order under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (Act) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.) committing him to the State Department of Mental Health, now State Department of State Hospitals, for treatment and confinement in a secured facility for an indeterminate term. He contends the court prejudicially erred by permitting the People's experts to testify he was "likely" to engage in "sexually violent predatory offenses" in the future as these are legal issues and the experts' testimony invaded the jury's province. He additionally contends, like the appellant in People v. McKee (2010) 47 Cal.4th 1172 (McKee I), his indeterminate commitment violates equal protection principles. We conclude these contentions lack merit and affirm the order.

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