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IN RE DETENTION OF BARNES

No. 03-1216.

689 N.W.2d 455 (2004)

In re the DETENTION OF Allen Albert BARNES a/k/a Albert Barnes. State of Iowa, Appellee, v. Allen Albert Barnes, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 19, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Smith, First Assistant State Public Defender, and Steven L. Addington, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Denise A. Timmins and Linda J. Hines, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

CADY, Justice.

Appellant Allen Albert Barnes appeals from a district court judgment finding him to be a sexually violent predator subject to civil commitment under Iowa Code chapter 229A (2003). His primary claim on appeal is that civil commitment violates his due process rights under both the federal and state constitutions because he has not been diagnosed with a mental abnormality that is in general directly related to sexual offending. For the reasons that follow...

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