CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Limitations of Expert Testimony
.........SVPA
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DA has no right to privately retain an expert under the SVPA; expert witness provisions of the Civil Discovery Act do not apply.

Expert-witness provisions of the Civil Discovery Act do not apply in SVPA proceedings and the DA may not call privately retained expert witness to testify at trial.