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IN RE CIVIL COMMITMENT OF E.S.T.

854 A.2d 936 (2004)

371 N.J.Super. 562

In the Matter of the CIVIL COMMITMENT OF E.S.T.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided August 9, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney for appellant (Thomas G. Hand, Designated Counsel, of counsel and on the brief).

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

Before Judges CARCHMAN, WECKER and WEISSBARD.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

WEISSBARD, J.A.D.

E.S.T. appeals from a judgment committing him to the Special Treatment Unit (STU) pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38. We conclude that the testimony of the experts on behalf of the State at the initial commitment hearing, N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.29, relied to an unacceptable extent upon hearsay opinions and findings by other experts that E.S...

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