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MATTER OF COMMITMENT OF W.W.

A-63 September Term 2019 083890.

246 A.3d 219 (2021)

245 N.J. 438

In the MATTER OF the Civil COMMITMENT OF W.W., SVP-86-00.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 11, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Remis Silver , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant W.W. ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Susan Remis Silver , on the briefs).

Stephen Slocum , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey ( Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa , Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, and Stephen Slocum , on the brief).

Tess Borden argued the cause for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey Foundation, attorneys; Tess Borden , Alexander Shalom , Newark, and Jeanne LoCicero , on the brief).

The New Jersey Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38, requires an annual review hearing to assess the continuing need for the involuntary commitment of a convicted sexually violent offender. The statute directs that a psychiatrist "shall testify at the hearing...

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