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WESTERHEIDE v. STATE

No. 5D99-785.

767 So.2d 637 (2000)

Mitchel WESTERHEIDE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 29, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for Appellee.

SAWAYA, J.

I. Introduction.

The State of Florida, the appellee, instituted commitment proceedings against Mitchel Westerheide, the appellant, pursuant to the "Jimmy Ryce Act,"1 hereinafter referred to as the Act. The Act establishes procedures for the involuntary civil commitment of sexually violent predators.2

The commitment trial commenced on March...

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