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IN RE CIVIL COMMITMENT OF D.Y.

No. A-4296-09T2

45 A.3d 394 (2012)

426 N.J. Super. 436

In the Matter of the CIVIL COMMITMENT OF D.Y. SVP 491-08.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided June 21, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney for appellant ( Michelle N. Cox , Designated Counsel, on the brief).

Jeffrey S. Chiesa , Attorney General, attorney for respondent ( Melissa H. Raksa , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; David L. DaCosta , Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges PARRILLO, GRALL and ALVAREZ.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARRILLO, P.J.A.D.

In this appeal from a Law Division order committing defendant D.Y. to the Special Treatment Unit (STU) pursuant to the New Jersey Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38, the essential issue is whether there is a constitutional right to self-representation at the commitment hearing. Defendant contends the trial court's denial of his motion for self-representation...

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