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IN RE CIVIL COMMITMENT OF W.X.C.

DOCKET NO. A-0347-07T2.

972 A.2d 462 (2009)

407 N.J. Super. 619

In the Matter of the CIVIL COMMITMENT OF W.X.C., SVP-458-07.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 19, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald K. Chen, Public Advocate, attorney for appellant W.X.C. (Alison Perrone, Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Anne Milgram, Attorney General, attorney for respondent State of New Jersey (Lewis A. Scheindlin, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Lisa Marie Albano, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges STERN, LYONS and ESPINOSA.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

LYONS, J.A.D.

W.X.C. appeals from a judgment committing him to the Special Treatment Unit (STU) pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38. We affirm. The following factual and procedural history is relevant to our consideration of the issues presented on appeal.

The crimes that led to W.X.C.'s present commitment all took place in 1992 when W.X.C. was twenty-five...

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