In re Commitment of May

OPINION

LEANNE JOHNSON, Justice

The State of Texas appealed an order releasing Alonzo May from civil commitment as a sexually violent predator. We reverse the trial court and remand the case to the trial court for entry of an order of commitment that places May into a tiered program of supervision and treatment. We conclude that the statute authorizing the civil commitment of sexually violent predators, as amended in 2015, is neither unconstitutionally retroactive nor punitive, nor has there been a denial , of May’s due process rights. We further conclude that the trial court’s findings of fact…