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IN RE LEON G.

No. CV-01-0062-PR.

59 P.3d 779 (2002)

204 Ariz. 15

In re the Matter of LEON G. State of Arizona, Petitioner, v. Hon. Susan A. Ehrlich, Hon. Cecil B. Patterson, Jr. and Hon. James B. Sult, Judges of the State of Arizona, in and for the Arizona Court of Appeals, Respondents, Eric Walker, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

December 16, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristi A. Riggins, P.C. by Kristi A. Riggins, Phoenix, Attorney for Leon G.

Janet Napolitano, Arizona Attorney General by Randall M. Howe, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section and Consuelo M. Ohanesian, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona.

Quarles & Brady Streich Lang, LLP by Michael Owen Miller, Tucson, Phoenix, Attorneys for Amici Curiae Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault, Center Against Sexual Abuse, and Arizona Voice for Victims, Inc.

Jamie McAlister Law Offices, LLC by Jamie McAlister, Phoenix, Attorney for Amicus Curiae Jamie McAlister.

Daphne Budge, Phoenix, Attorney for Walker.

OPINION

McGREGOR, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 These consolidated actions consider whether Arizona's Sexually Violent Persons (SVP) act, Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.) sections 36-3701 to 36-3717 (Supp.2002), comports with the substantive due process principles the United States Supreme Court outlined in Kansas v. Hendricks, 521 U.S. 346, 117 S.Ct. 2072, 138 L.Ed.2d 501 (1997), and Kansas v. Crane,

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