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MOREL v. WILKINS

No. SC10-2293.

84 So.3d 226 (2012)

Ronald MOREL, Appellant, v. David E. WILKINS, etc., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 8, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip J. Massa , Director, Regional Counsel, and Jay Patrick Reynolds , Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Fourth District, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Susan Adams Maher , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This case involves an application of Florida's Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act, commonly known as the Jimmy Ryce Act, to Ronald Morel, who has been detained by the State of Florida and awaiting a civil commitment trial pursuant to that Act since April 2002. After nearly seven years of pretrial detention at the Florida Civil Commitment Center (FCCC) in DeSoto County, Morel filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus...

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