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IN RE DETENTION OF PIERCE

No. 06-0971.

748 N.W.2d 509 (2008)

In re The DETENTION OF Bryan M. PIERCE, State of Iowa, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 9, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Linda J. Hines and Denise A. Timmins, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.

Mark C. Smith, State Appellate Defender, and Matthew S. Sheeley, Assistant State Public Defender, for appellee Bryan Pierce.

STREIT, Justice.

Bryan Pierce has a history of sexually abusing young children. Prior to his release from prison, the State filed a petition to have him committed as a sexually violent predator ("SVP"). The case was tried to the district court. While the court found Pierce suffered from pedophilia and antisocial personality disorder, it held the State failed to prove Pierce is likely to "currently" engage in predatory acts constituting sexually violent offenses if...

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