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IN RE COMMITMENT OF STODDARD

No. 19-0561.

619 S.W.3d 665 (2020)

IN RE COMMITMENT OF Jeffery Lee STODDARD.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: December 18, 2020.

Rehearing Denied April 16, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda Czocher , Texas Solicitor General, Jeffrey C. Mateer , First Asst. Attorney General, Kyle D. Hawkins , Solicitor General, Warren Kenneth Paxton , Office of Attorney General, Austin, for Amicus Curiae Office of the Attorney General.

Melinda M. Fletcher , Special Prosecution Unit, Amarillo, Kelly Hickman , Erin K. Faseler , Special Prosecution Unit, Huntsville, Joseph W. Spence , Tarrant Co. Crim. Dist. Atty's Ofc., Fort Worth, for Petitioner.

Teresa Dunsmore , Kenneth D. Nash , Tony Peterson , State Counsel for Offenders, Huntsville, Jeremy Pratt , Allstate, Houston, for Respondent.

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