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IN RE CIVIL COMMITMENT OF D.Y.

A-42 September Term 2012, 071464

95 A.3d 157 (2014)

218 N.J. 359

In the Matter of the CIVIL COMMITMENT OF D.Y. SVP 491-08.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 24, 2014.

Reargued May 5, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis P. Sengstacke , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant D.Y. ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney).

Robert T. Lougy , Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey ( John J. Hoffman , Acting Attorney General, attorney; Mr. Lougy , Amy Beth Cohn , and Susan M. Scott , Deputies Attorney General, on the briefs).

Lawrence Bluestone argued the cause for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation and Disability Rights of New Jersey, Inc. ( Lowenstein Sandler , attorneys; Mr. Bluestone , Catherine Weiss , Roseland, and Alexander R. Shalom , on the brief).

Justice PATTERSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal raises an issue not previously considered by the Court: whether a competent individual who is subject to involuntary civil commitment pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38, may represent himself or herself at a commitment hearing.

In 2008, the State filed a petition for the involuntary civil commitment of D.Y., who had been convicted of several...

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