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IN RE COMMITMENT OF SMITH

No. 09-13-00100-CV.

422 S.W.3d 802 (2014)

In re COMMITMENT OF John James SMITH Jr.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided January 23, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Nash , State Counsel for Offenders, Huntsville, for Appellant.

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

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

OPINION

CHARLES KREGER, Justice.

The State of Texas filed a petition to civilly commit John James Smith Jr. as a sexually violent predator under the Sexually Violent Predator Act. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. §§ 841.001-.151 (West 2010 & Supp.2013) (the SVP statute). A jury found Smith suffers from a behavioral abnormality that makes him likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence. See id. § 841.003....

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