1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.2d
  4. 922 A.2d
  5. 922 A.2d 754 (2007)
 

IN RE CIVIL COMMITMENT OF J.P.

922 A.2d 754 (2007)

393 N.J. Super. 7

In the Matter of the CIVIL COMMITMENT OF J.P.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 9, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald K. Chen, Public Advocate, attorney for appellant (Joan D. Van Pelt, Assistant Deputy Public Advocate, of counsel; Ruth Harrigan, of counsel and on the brief).

Stuart Rabner, Attorney General, attorney for respondent (Patrick DeAlmeida, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Swati M. Kothari, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges KESTIN, WEISSBARD, and LIHOTZ.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LIHOTZ, J.T.C. (temporarily assigned).

J.P. appeals from a November 29, 2005 order requiring his involuntary civil commitment to the Special Treatment Unit (STU), as a sexually violent predator under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38.

The SVPA defines a "[s]exually violent predator" as a person "who has been convicted ....

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases