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TOWNES v. COM.

Record No. 040979.

609 S.E.2d 1 (2005)

269 Va. 234

Lorenzo TOWNES v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 3, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Leigh Drewry, Jr. (Cunningham & Drewry, on brief), for appellant.

Pamela A. Sargent, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen. (Jerry W. Kilgore, Atty. Gen.; Francis S. Ferguson, Deputy Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR., Justice.

Pursuant to Code § 37.1-70.6(A), the Commonwealth successfully petitioned the Circuit Court of Campbell County (trial court) to civilly commit Lorenzo Townes as a sexually violent predator. In this appeal, the dispositive issue we consider is whether Townes was subject to the statutory scheme for the civil commitment of sexually violent predators.

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