WESTERHEIDE v. STATE

No. 5D03-2429.

888 So.2d 702 (2004)

Mitchell WESTERHEIDE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard L. Polin, Miami and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


PALMER, J.

In this case arising under "The Jimmy Ryce Act,"1 Mitchell Westerheide appeals the trial court's order which denied his request for a trial on the issue of his entitlement to release from the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCF). We affirm.

Florida's Jimmy Ryce Act creates the structure and the procedural requirements for the commitment, detention, and release of those persons found to be sexually...

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