"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."
A Solano County Superior Court jury found 32-year-old Devin Hawkins to be a sexually violent predator and ordered indefinite commitment to the Department of State Hospitals. Court records show Hawkins was convicted in 2016 of forcible rape and forcible oral copulation for a 2013 attack in which he pointed a handgun at a woman, forced her to a vacant home, sexually assaulted her, and stole her cash. Recovered DNA led to Hawkins’s identification and a 10-year prison sentence after guilty pleas. Two Department of State Hospitals psychologists evaluated Hawkins before parole and found he met SVP criteria; a petition was filed on Sept. 10, 2021. Psychologists also considered a 2006 attempted rape when Hawkins was 13. The trial lasted four weeks.
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