IN RE CIVIL COMMITMENT OF W.X.C.

No. A-33 September Term 2009.

8 A.3d 174 (2010)

204 N.J. 179

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

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided November 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan D. Van Pelt , Deputy Public Advocate, argued the cause for appellant W.X.C. ( Stefanie A. Brand , Acting Public Advocate, attorney; Ms. Van Pelt and Alison S. Perrone , Designated Counsel, on the briefs).

Lisa Maria Albano , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey ( Paula T. Dow , Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Ms. Albano and Ms. Raksa, on the brief).


Justice HOENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this appeal, we consider a challenge to the constitutionality of the New Jersey Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38. That challenge is both a narrow and specific one in which defendant W.X.C. asserts that the SVPA is unconstitutional as applied to individuals, like himself, who are committed pursuant to its terms when they were not provided with sex offender treatment while...

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