IN RE COMMITMENT OF CARTWRIGHT

No. 2D00-4663.

870 So.2d 152 (2004)

In re COMMITMENT: John R. CARTWRIGHT. John R. Cartwright, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied March 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott C. Metcalfe, Jr., Public Defender, and Christopher E. Cosden, Assistant Public Defender, Sarasota, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jennifer R. Haymes and Marilyn Muir Beccue, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, for Appellee.


CANADY, Judge.

John R. Cartwright appeals an order civilly committing him for treatment as a sexually violent predator under the statute commonly known as the Jimmy Ryce Act, part V of chapter 394, Florida Statutes (2000). Because we conclude that Cartwright has raised no meritorious issues, we affirm the commitment order.

Cartwright raises certain meritless issues related to the conduct of his trial and the implementation of the Ryce Act. Cartwright also...

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