IN RE COMMITMENT OF ALLEN

No. 2D04-5139.

927 So.2d 1070 (2006)

In re: COMMITMENT OF Stephen ALLEN. Stephen Allen, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Jeanine Cohen, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Diana K. Bock, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


WHATLEY, Judge.

Stephen Allen appeals an order of the circuit court entered pursuant to the "Jimmy Ryce Act,"1 finding that there was no probable cause to believe that his condition had so changed that it was now safe for him to be released. Because Allen bore the burden of proof to establish probable cause and he presented no evidence to do so, we affirm.

On February 27, 2002, Allen...

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