IN RE DETENTION OF SEEWALKER

No. 03-0764.

689 N.W.2d 705 (2004)

In re the DETENTION OF Meredith SEEWALKER, Meredith Seewalker, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

July 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Roxanne M. Ryan and Denise Timmins, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Heard by VOGEL, P.J., and HECHT and VAITHESWARAN, JJ.


VOGEL, P.J.

Meredith Seewalker appeals his civil commitment, pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 229A (2003), contending the district court erred in refusing to instruct the jury that he is presumed to not be a sexually violent predator. Finding no error in the court's refusal, we affirm.

Background Facts and Proceedings.

Meredith Seewalker was born in 1976 and has a history of sex offending. His first offenses occurred when he was seventeen years old...

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