IN RE COMMITMENT OF G.D.


817 A.2d 979 (2003)

358 N.J. Super. 310

In the Matter of the COMMITMENT OF G.D.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 17, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan D. Van Pelt, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney; Ms. Van Pelt, of counsel and on the brief).

Mary Beth Wood, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Peter J. Harvey, Acting Attorney General, attorney; Michael Haas, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Ms. Wood, on the brief).

Before Judges KING, WEFING and LISA.


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

G.D. appeals from a judgment committing him to the Special Treatment Unit (STU), a secure facility for custody, care and treatment for sexually violent predators, pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38. The sole basis of G.D.'s appeal is that the trial judge committed reversible error when she refused to bar the State...

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