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IN RE COMMITMENT OF GOODE

No. 2D08-4705.

22 So.3d 750 (2009)

In re COMMITMENT OF Darren GOODE. State of Florida, Appellant, v. Darren Goode, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

November 18, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Julianne M. Holt, Public Defender, and Robert S. Mactavish, Assistant Public Attorney, Tampa, for Appellee.

MORRIS, Judge.

The State appeals an order dismissing an involuntary civil commitment petition against Darren Goode as a sexually violent predator. Because the trial court erred by applying the doctrine of res judicata to the State's petition, we reverse and remand.

I. Background

In 1999, the State filed its original petition for civil commitment. However, that petition was dismissed due to the State's failure...

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