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IN RE COMMITMENT OF BRANCH

No. 2D01-2087.

890 So.2d 322 (2004)

In re COMMITMENT OF Raymond BRANCH. Raymond Branch, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 10, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Deborah K. Brueckheimer, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marilyn Muir Beccue and Janet A. McDonald, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, for Appellee.

VILLANTI, Judge.

Raymond Branch challenges his involuntary civil commitment as a sexually violent predator under sections 394.910-.931, Florida Statutes (2001), the Jimmy Ryce Act (the Ryce Act), on a variety of grounds. We affirm on all issues except one. Because under the specific facts of this case Branch had a due process right to be competent during the commitment hearing, we reverse and remand for a new hearing once Branch is restored to competence.

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