STATE v. SAWYER

No. 1D03-3839.

870 So.2d 957 (2004)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Henry SAWYER, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlie Crist, Attorney General; Thomas H. Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; Robert S. Friedman, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The trial court dismissed proceedings for civil commitment initiated under the Jimmy Ryce Act on June 6, 2003, on grounds that Henry Sawyer had served his sentence for sexual battery by the time he was released on October 24, 1997. On appeal, the state contends that his re-incarceration on account of his subsequent conviction on three counts of burglary of a conveyance makes him subject to civil commitment—for life, if necessary—even after...

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