PEDROZA v. STATE

No. 5D99-1500.

773 So.2d 639 (2000)

Pedro Salsedo PEDROZA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

December 15, 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.

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

The commitment trial commenced with the State calling Pedroza as a witness. Pedroza had been...

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