IN RE W.Z.


773 A.2d 97 (2001)

339 N.J. Super. 549

In the Matter of the Commitment of W.Z., Petitioner-Appellant.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Donofrio, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, for appellant W.Z., (Peter A. Garcia, Acting Public Defender, attorney; Mr. Donofrio, of counsel and on the brief).

Nancy Kaplen, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent State of New Jersey, (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mary Beth Wood, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges KING, COBURN and AXELRAD.


The opinion of the court was delivered by KING, P.J.A.D.

I

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered under the New Jersey Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38, committing W.Z. to the Special Offenders Unit at the Northern Regional Unit (NRU) in Kearny. Following a commitment hearing at which testimony from experts for both sides was presented, the judge found that W.Z. poses...

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