People v. Winterhalter

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a respondent received a dispositional hearing where he declined the opportunity to present evidence or testimony and his attorney made an argument about the appropriate disposition
• during trial, psychiatrist testified for respondent that he was unlikely to commit future acts of sexual violence
• requiring the trial court to weigh the probative value and potential prejudicial effect of evidence
• respondent told trial court “he would prefer that the trial court wait for Dr. Leavitt to draft a report”
• immediately following the verdict, “the trial court gave respondent the opportunity to present evidence or testimony with respect to the commitment order”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).