in Re Commitment of Billy Joe Burd

Opinion issued August 6, 2020 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-18-00917-CV ——————————— IN RE COMMITMENT OF BILLY JOE BURD, Appellant On Appeal from the 149th District Court Brazoria County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 93025-CV OPINION In this case, the State filed a petition seeking to have appellant, Billy Joe Burd, civilly committed under Texas’s Sexually Violent Predators Act (SVP Act). See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. §§ 841.001–.153. A jury determined that Burd is a sexually violent predator, and the trial court signed an order of civil…