[DOWNLOAD] "People v. Levy" by First Appellate District, Division One District Court Of Appeal Of California " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People v. Levy
- Author : First Appellate District, Division One District Court Of Appeal Of California
- Release Date : January 04, 1957
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 58 KB
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The superior court, pursuant to the terms of the Sexual Psychopath Act (Welf. & Inst. Code, ?? 5500-5521) found Levy to be a sexual psychopath who would not benefit from further hospitalization and was a menace to the health and safety of others, and committed him for an indeterminate period to the Department of Mental Hygiene for placement for treatment as a sexual psychopath at San Quentin. Levy appeals, admitting that the lower courts complied precisely with the provisions of the relevant statutes, but contends that the act is substantially criminal in nature and is unconstitutional as applied to him. What appellant really seeks is a reappraisal by this court of the essential nature of the Sexual Psychopath Act and a reversal of a line of Supreme and appellate court decisions holding that the act is essentially civil in nature.