IN RE COMMITMENT OF WELSH

No. 09-21-00303-CV.

661 S.W.3d 861 (2022)

IN RE COMMITMENT OF Lonnie Kade WELSH.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Opinion Delivered July 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For Appellant: Lonnie Kade Welsh, Pro Se.

For Appellee: Melinda Fletcherm , Special Prosecution Unit, Amarillo.

En banc.


OPINION

The Texas statute authorizing the State to civilly commit sexually violent predators (the SVP statute) gives individuals committed to treatment the right to file an unauthorized petition for release "on a person's commitment and annually after that commitment."

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