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IN RE COMMITMENT OF PETERSIMES

No. 09-03-087 CV.

122 S.W.3d 370 (2003)

In re the COMMITMENT OF Mark PETERSIMES.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided November 20, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. Balusek, State Counsel for Offenders, Huntsville, for appellant.

Autumn Lewis, Special Prosecution Unit, Civil Division, Huntsville, for appellee.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., BURGESS, and GAULTNEY, JJ.

OPINION

DON BURGESS, Justice.

The State of Texas filed a petition to commit Mark Petersimes as a sexually violent predator (SVP) pursuant to Texas Health & Safety Code Chapter 841—the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act ("Act"). See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. §§ 841.001-841.150 (Vernon 2003 & Supp.2004). A jury found Petersimes was a repeat sexually violent predator who suffers from a behavior abnormality...

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