IN RE COMMITMENT OF BURD

No. 01-18-00917-CV.

612 S.W.3d 450 (2020)

IN RE COMMITMENT OF Billy Joe BURD, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied December 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Nash , John C. Moncure , P.O. Box 4005, Huntsville, Texas 77342-4005, for Appellant.

Melinda Fletcher , P.O. Box 1744, Amarillo, Texas 79105, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Lloyd, and Hightower.


OPINION

In this case, the State filed a petition seeking to have appellant, Billy Joe Burd, civilly committed under Texas's Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVP Act). See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. §§ 841.001-.153. A jury determined that Burd is a sexually violent predator, and the trial...

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