ATKINSON v. STATE

No. 2D00-3243.

791 So.2d 537 (2001)

Daniel C. ATKINSON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

July 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Howard L. Dimmig, II, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Dyann W. Beaty, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent.


WHATLEY, Acting Chief Judge.

Daniel C. Atkinson petitions this court for a writ of prohibition preventing the trial court from hearing the civil commitment petition that is pending against him pursuant to the Jimmy Ryce Involuntary Civil Commitment for Sexually Violent Predators' Treatment and Care Act (hereinafter "the Act"). See §§ 916.31— 916.49, Fla. Stat. (Supp.1998).1 Atkinson argues that the Act does not...

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