in Re Commitment of Kenneth Fields

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-09-00005-CV

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IN RE COMMITMENT OF KENNETH FIELDS

On Appeal from the 435th District Court

Montgomery County, Texas

Trial Cause No. 08-03-02387 CV

MEMORANDUM OPINION

A jury determined that Kenneth Fields is a sexually violent predator. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 841.003 (Vernon 2003). Fields appeals from the trial court's judgment and order of civil commitment. He raises three issues.

In 1979, Fields used a knife to abduct a woman; he threatened to kill her, struck her, and raped her twice on…