IN RE THE DETENTION OF THOMAS E. WRIGHT, THOMAS E. WRIGHT, Respondent-Appellant.
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA
No. 7-463 / 06-0786
Filed February 13, 2008
IN RE THE DETENTION OF
THOMAS E. WRIGHT,
THOMAS E. WRIGHT,
Respondent-Appellant.
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Donna L. Paulson,
Judge.
Respondent appeals his commitment as a sexually violent predator.
AFFIRMED.
Mark Smith, State Appellate Defender, for appellant.
Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Linda J. Hines and Andrew Prosser,
Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee State.
Considered en banc.
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PER CURIAM
Thomas Wright appeals his commitment as a sexually violent predator
under Iowa Code chapter 229A (2005). In the district court, the State demanded
a jury trial under section 229A.7(4). Wright objected on the basis that section
229A.7(4) violates due process and equal protection rights. The district court
denied Wright’s request to strike the jury demand. We affirm the decision of the
district court based on the supreme court’s recent decision, In re Detention of
Hennings, ___ N.W.2d ___, ___ (Iowa 2008), which determined section
229A.7(4) does not violate a respondent’s due process or equal protection rights
under the United States or Iowa Constitutions.
AFFIRMED.
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