P. v. Langhorne
Defendant William Langhorne appeals from an order involuntarily committing him for an indeterminate term to the custody of the State Department of Mental Health (now State Department of State Hospitals; hereafter the Department) after a jury found him to be a sexually violent predator (SVP) within the meaning of the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 6600 et seq.)[1]
On appeal, Langhorne contends: (1) the trial court erred by failing to remove a juror for cause; (2) he was entitled to more than six peremptory challenges; (3) the trial court erred by denying his pretrial motion for new evaluators, evaluations, and a new probable cause hearing; (4) there was insufficient evidence he had tried to control his behavior but failed; (5) an indeterminate term of commitment violates due process, equal protection, ex post facto and double jeopardy provisions of the state and federal Constitutions. We will affirm the judgment.
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