In Re Commitment of Larkin

OPINION

STEVE McKEITHEN, Chief Justice.

The State of Texas filed a petition to commit Donald Larkin as a sexually violent predator. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. §§ 841.001-.147 (Vernon 2003 & Supp.2005). The jury found Larkin suffers from a behavioral abnormality making him likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence and that Larkin has serious difficulty in controlling his sexually violent behavior. Larkin presents four issues in his appeal from the judgment and order of civil commitment. We find no error and affirm the judgment.

In his first issue, Larkin urges that the trial…