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MATTER OF LINEHAN

No. C1-95-2022.

557 N.W.2d 171 (1996)

In re the Matter of Dennis Darol LINEHAN.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisbeth J. Nudell, Minneapolis, Michael F. Cromett, St. Paul, Eric S. Janus, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Daniel Homstad (Kathleen Milner, of counsel, Minnesota Civil Liberties Union), Minneapolis, for amicus curiae.

Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney, Mark Nathan Lystig, Assistant Ramsey County Attorney, St. Paul, for respondent Ramsey County.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Attorney General, John L. Kirwin, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, for respondent State.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

KEITH, Chief Justice.

Appellant Dennis Darol Linehan was civilly committed under the Sexually Dangerous Persons Act on July 27, 1995 at the age of 54 after spending most of his life in the criminal justice system for sex-related crimes. See Act of August 31, 1994, ch. 1, art. 1, 1995 Minn. Laws 5, 5-9 (1994 first special session), codified in relevant part at Minn.Stat. §§ 253B.02, subd. 18b, 253B.185 (1994) (SDP Act). The...

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