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IN RE COMMITMENT OF G.G.N.

855 A.2d 569 (2004)

372 N.J.Super. 42

In the Matter of the Civil COMMITMENT OF G.G.N., SVP-257-02.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 20, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, for appellant (Joan Van Pelt, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel; Jean M. Hartmann, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General of New Jersey, for respondent (Patrick DeAlmeida, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Margaret MacGregor and Mary Beth Wood, Deputy Attorneys General, on the brief).

Before Judges STERN, CIANCIA and PARRILLO.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

CIANCIA, J.A.D.

Appellant G.G.N. appeals from a judgment of September 13, 2002, civilly committing him to the Special Treatment Unit under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA or the Act), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38.

On appeal, G.G.N. contends that he was constitutionally entitled to a jury trial; that the standard of proof for commitment must be beyond a reasonable doubt; that the State failed...

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