Read the Court of Appeals decision, Section Code to be considered by the Judge before releasing Joshua Cooley

"In 2001, he( Cooley ) was charged with sexual battery and criminal threats. In 2002, at age 21, he kidnapped and raped a 12- year-old girl. He was sentenced to four years, eight months in prison.In 2007, at age 27, he provided alcohol to two 12-year-old girls and brought them to his home, where he "ma[de] out" with a 17-year-old female. Because this was a parole violation, he was returned to custody for 12 months."

The link below  contains information District Attorney Maggie Fleming mentioned about sexually violent Joshua Cooley. It has the case number. While the records are confidential but you can see this on the court calendar to get time and courtroom.

Read for yourself the Court of Appeal decision.  Read Section Code 6608 and see if Judge John Feeney considered those factors in making the decision about conditional release for Cooley. Read what evaluations by Doctors have to say about releasing Cooley into society.



"Cooley is confined at Coalinga State Hospital (Coalinga) after being found an SVP. He appealed the finding that he was an SVP, and in 2011, we rejected almost all of his challenges. (People v. Cooley (Sept. 30, 2011, A128278) [nonpub. opn.] (Cooley I).)"

Excerpts:

"Jay Malhotra, Ph.D., carried out an annual evaluation of Cooley in February 2013. He concluded that Cooley was diagnosed with "Paraphilia, Not Otherwise Specified (NOS), Alcohol Abuse, and Borderline Intellectual Functioning," and opined that he currently met the definition of an SVP in that he had one or more victims of a sexual crime and had a diagnosed mental disorder that made him a danger to the health and safety of others in that he was likely to engage in sexually violent criminal behavior.

Cooley had not completed the sexual offense treatment program (SOTP) at the hospital and had not had sufficient treatment for his diagnosed mental condition and other risk factors. Dr. Malhotra concluded that Cooley's best interest and the protection of the community could not be assured in a less restrictive setting, and neither conditional nor unconditional release would be appropriate."

https://casetext.com/case/people-v-cooley-48

Another link:
https://www.fearnotlaw.com/wsnkb/articles/p-v-cooley-43996.html

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