IN RE COMMITMENT OF DEBOLT

No. 2D07-2174.

19 So.3d 335 (2009)

In re COMMITMENT OF George DeBOLT. George DeBolt, Appellant, v. State of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Frank D.L. Winstead, Special Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Joseph Hwan-Yul Lee, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


EN BANC

PER CURIAM.

George DeBolt was found to be a sexually violent predator and was civilly committed pursuant to the Jimmy Ryce Act ("the Act") following a jury trial. DeBolt argues that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the State to question one of his experts regarding a past disciplinary matter. We agree and reverse.

In February 2002, the State filed a notice of its intention to seek the involuntary

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