People v. Washington

Holding

The court held that the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) does **not** require the trial court to advise an alleged sexually violent predator of his statutory right to a jury trial, nor to obtain a knowing and intelligent personal waiver of that right; consequently, the trial court’s bench trial was proper, but the appellate court remanded so that the defendant may raise his equal‑protection challenge on the record. ---