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HARRIS v. COM.

Record No. 090655.

688 S.E.2d 279 (2010)

Gordon H. HARRIS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 15, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Parsons, Independence, for appellant.

Pamela A. Sargent, Senior Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General; Frank S. Ferguson, Deputy Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

Pursuant to the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act (the Act), Code §§ 37.2-900 through -920, the Commonwealth filed a petition seeking to have Gordon H. Harris classified as a sexually violent predator and civilly committed for treatment. The circuit court found by clear and convincing evidence that Harris was a sexually violent predator and that there was no suitable alternative to involuntary secure...

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