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IN RE COMMITMENT OF BRIGGS

No. 09-10-00316-CV.

350 S.W.3d 362 (2011)

In re COMMITMENT OF Darius BRIGGS.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided August 25, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. DeFriend , State Counsel for Offenders, Huntsville, for appellant.

Melinda Fletcher , Special Prosecution Unit, Amarillo, for appellee.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., KREGER and HORTON, JJ.

OPINION

STEVE McKEITHEN, Chief Justice.

The State of Texas filed a petition to commit Darius Briggs as a sexually violent predator. See Tex. Health Safety Code Ann. §§ 841.001-.150 (West 2010). A jury found that Briggs suffers from a behavioral abnormality that "predisposes" him to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence. The trial court rendered a final judgment and an order of civil commitment. In two issues, Briggs contends that...

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