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IN RE DETENTION OF CRANE

No. 04-0606.

704 N.W.2d 437 (2005)

In re the DETENTION OF John J. CRANE, John J. Crane, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Smith, First Assistant State Public Defender, and Matthew S. Sheeley, Assistant State Public Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Cristen Douglass, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

STREIT, Justice.

John Crane appeals his civil commitment as a sexually violent predator. Crane claims his attorney should have asked for a jury instruction stating he is presumed not to be a sexually violent predator. Because we recently ruled a presumption instruction is not required in chapter 229A proceedings, we affirm. Crane also claims the district court erred when it instructed the jurors they had nothing to do with his confinement or treatment. We find the...

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