COMMONWEALTH v. GIDDENS

Record No. 171224.

816 S.E.2d 290 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH of Virginia v. Troy Lamar GIDDENS, Sr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

July 19, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill M. Ryan , Senior Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General; Victoria N. Pearson , Deputy Attorney General, on briefs), for appellant.

Joshua A. Goff (Goff Voltin, on brief), Newport News, for appellee.

PRESENT: All the Justices.


The Commonwealth appeals from a judgment dismissing its petition to have Troy Lamar Giddens, Sr., civilly committed as a sexually violent predator. The Commonwealth argues that the trial court misapplied the relevant statute, Code § 37.2-905.1, and, moreover...

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