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BRAYLOCK v. JESSON

No. A10-1754.

819 N.W.2d 585 (2012)

Ben BRAYLOCK, Appellant, v. Lucinda JESSON, Commissioner of Human Services, Respondent, Hennepin County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 8, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory R. Solum , Edina, MN, for appellant.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Jacob Kraus , Assistant Attorney General, Barbara Berg Windels , Assistant Attorney General, Saint Paul, MN, for respondent Commissioner of Human Resources; and Mike Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney, Theresa Couri, Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Hennepin County.

OPINION

STRAS, Justice.

The question presented in this case is whether a statutory amendment to Minn. Stat. § 253B.19, subd. 2(d), effective on August 1, 2010, applies to appellant Ben Braylock's November 2008 petition for provisional or full discharge from civil commitment as a sexually dangerous offender. Braylock argues that retroactive application of the amended statute to his petition is improper because the amendment introduced a new, higher burden...

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