Braylock v. Jesson
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At issue in this case was whether a statutory amendment to Minn. Stat. 253B.19, 2(d) effective in August 2010, applied to Appellant's November 2008 petition for provisional or full discharge from civil commitment as a sexually dangerous offender. Appellant argued that retroactive application of the amended statute to his petition was improper because the amendment introduced a new, higher burden for a petitioner seeking provisional or full discharge than the version of the statute that was operative when he filed his petition. The court of appeals affirmed the supreme court judicial appeal panel's decision to deny Appellant's petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the court of appeals properly evaluated Appellant's petition under the amended version of Minn. Stat. 253B.19, 2(d).
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