Does section 6604 of the Kansas Welfare and Institutions Code require a trial to determine beyond a reasonable doubt that an individual is a sexually violent predator?
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The following excerpt is from People v. Superior Court (Blakely), 60 Cal.App.4th 202, 70 Cal.Rptr.2d 388 (Cal. App. 1997):
13 We observe that like Welfare and Institutions Code section 6604, the Kansas statute involved in Kansas v. Hendricks required "a trial ... to determine beyond a reasonable doubt whether the individual was a sexually violent predator." (Kansas v. Hendricks, supra, 521 U.S. at p. ----, 117 S.Ct. at p. 2077, 138 L.Ed.2d at p. 509, italics added.)
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