SPIVEY v. STATE

No. 5D11-1567.

100 So.3d 1254 (2012)

Richard SPIVEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Purdy , Public Defender, and Leonard R. Ross , Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


GRIFFIN, J.

Richard Spivey ["Spivey"] appeals an order finding no probable cause to release him from his involuntary civil commitment under the Jimmy Ryce Act. We conclude that Spivey met his burden of proof at the section 394.918(3) limited probable cause hearing and reverse.

In 2006, Spivey was civilly committed under the Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act, formerly known as the Jimmy Ryce Act ["the Act"], sections 394.910-.932...

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