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IN RE DETENTION OF SWANSON

No. 02-0579.

668 N.W.2d 570 (2003)

In re the Detention of Robert E. SWANSON. State of Iowa, Appellee, v. Robert E. Swanson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 4, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Smith, First Assistant Public Defender, and Melissa A. Anderson, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Andrew B. Prosser and Roxann M. Ryan, Assistant Attorneys General, and Thomas J. Ferguson, County Attorney, for appellee.

CADY, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider what constitutes a "recent overt act" for purposes of determining whether an individual is a sexually violent predator. Iowa Code § 229A.2(6) (2001). More specifically, we examine the actions of this defendant to determine whether his conduct created "a reasonable apprehension of [harm of a sexually violent nature.]" Id. We conclude that there was sufficient evidence from which a fact finder could determine that...

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