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WARD v. STATE

No. 3D05-1277.

936 So.2d 1143 (2006)

Michael WARD, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 16, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Roy A. Heimlich, Assistant Public Defender, for petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Thomas C. Mielke, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before COPE, C.J., and SHEPHERD and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

SHEPHERD, J.

The petitioner, Michael Ward, seeks a writ of prohibition to bar the lower court from commencing a trial to have him declared a "sexually violent predator" and involuntarily committed to the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families ("the Department") for care, control, and treatment pursuant to the Jimmy Ryce Act, ("the Ryce Act"), §§ 394.910-930, Fla. Stat. (2005). The question we must answer is whether the State is authorized...

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