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BROWN v. STATE

No. 5D11-864.

88 So.3d 1034 (2012)

Thomas E. BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

May 25, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Leonard R. Ross , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Thomas Brown appeals from a jury verdict finding him a sexually violent predator pursuant to the Jimmy Ryce Act1 and involuntarily committing him. He specifically challenges the trial court's finding of competency and the constitutionality of the Jimmy Ryce Act.

The trial court heard divergent expert opinions concerning Brown's competency to proceed to trial and made a determination that the State's expert was more...

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