IN RE COMMITMENT OF V.A.


873 A.2d 1269 (2005)

378 N.J. Super. 1

In the Matter of the Civil COMMITMENT OF V.A., SVP 25-99.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided May 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joan D. VanPelt, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant (Yvonne Smith Segars, Public Defender, attorney, Brian J. Neff, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, of counsel and on the brief).

Mary Beth Wood, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent (Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General, attorney, Patrick DeAlmeida, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel; Ms. Wood, on the brief).

Before Judges LEFELT, FUENTES and FALCONE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

FUENTES, J.A.D.

This appeal arises out of the civil commitment of V.A. as a sexually violent predator, pursuant to the provisions of the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA), N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -27.38. The arguments raised here require us to revisit an issue we addressed in our earlier opinion, In re Commitment of V.A., 357 N.J.Super. 55, 813...

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