Legal Opinion
In Re the Detention of Garren
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided December 20, 2000No. 99-1785PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERNUS, Justice.
The appellant, Daniel Garren, challenges the constitutionality of 'Iowa’s Sexually Violent Predator Act, Iowa Code chapter 229A (1999), claiming (1) the act violates federal and state prohibitions against ex post facto laws, (2) the act violates federal and state prohibitions against double jeopardy, (3) the act deprives the appellant of substantive due process, (4) the act is unconstitutionally vague, and (5) the act violates the appellant’s federal and state rights to equal protection. We find no merit in these contentions and affirm the trial court’s judgment ordering the…
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