JEWELL v. STATE

No. 1D13-0813.

119 So.3d 540 (2013)

Steven W. JEWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

August 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven W. Jewell, pro se, Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Charlie McCoy , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Steven Wayne Jewell appeals from the circuit court's final order dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Because the circuit court failed to correctly apply the relevant case law, we reverse.

On January 26, 2011, Jewell was civilly committed as a sexually violent predator pursuant to the Involuntary Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act, commonly known as the "Jimmy Ryce Act." He subsequently filed a habeas petition in this Court...

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