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IN RE DETENTION OF GOODWIN

No. 03-0871.

689 N.W.2d 461 (2004)

In re the DETENTION OF Jeffrey GOODWIN. State of Iowa, Appellee, v. Jeffrey Goodwin, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 19, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Smith, First Assistant State Public Defender, and Greg Bal, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Cristen C. Odell-Douglass and Scott Brown, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

CADY, Justice.

A jury found Jeffrey Allen Goodwin was a sexually violent predator subject to civil commitment under Iowa Code chapter 229A (2003). Goodwin appeals from the district court judgment ordering his civil commitment. He contends the district court's refusal to submit his requested special interrogatory to the jury violated his due process rights. For the following reasons, we disagree and affirm the district court judgment.

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