Morel v. Wilkins, etc.
Annotate this CaseThis case involved the application of Florida's Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act, 394.9135, Florida Statutes, commonly known as the Jimmy Ryce Act, to defendant, who had been detained by the State and awaiting a civil commitment trial pursuant to that Act since April 2002. The court held that (1) neither the Jimmy Ryce Act nor the Constitution entitled defendant to the treatment he sought as a noncommitted detainee; defendant failed to establish that the FCCC treatment program was constitutionally defective; and (3) because the delay in defendant's commitment trial had been made for tactical reasons at his own request, his detention did not result in a constitutional violation.
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