"On May 19 of that year, Hawkins approached the victim as she was walking by herself in south Vallejo at night. He pointed a handgun at her, ordered her to walk to a vacant home, and then committed several acts of sexual assault against her, including forcible oral copulation, forcible rape, and attempted sodomy. Hawkins also emptied the victim's purse and took all her cash before leaving the victim in the abandoned home."
"Under the law, potential SVPs are subject to mental health reviews prior to completion of their criminal sentences. If prosecutors can prove that the defendant meets SVP criteria, a petition is filed to have the defendant civilly committed, Abrams noted in the prepared statement. Before being paroled from state prison, Hawkins was evaluated by two psychologists at the Department of State Hospitals. They found that he met the criteria of a SVP, and the Solano County DA's Office filed a petition on Sept. 10, 2021."
Jurors found 32-year-old Devin Hawkins to be a sexually violent predator and ordered his indefinite commitment to the Department of State Hospitals. Hawkins was convicted in 2016 of forcible rape and forcible oral copulation for a 2013 assault in south Vallejo during which he threatened a woman with a handgun, led her to an abandoned home, sexually assaulted her, and stole her cash. DNA linked Hawkins to the crime and he received a 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty. Two Department of State Hospitals psychologists evaluated Hawkins before parole, concluded he met SVP criteria, and prosecutors filed a civil commitment petition.
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