Legal Opinion

Westerheide v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 29, 2000No. 5D99-785PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

767 So.2d 637 (2000)

Mitchel WESTERHEIDE, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 5D99-785.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

September 29, 2000.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for Appellee.

SAWAYA, J.

I. Introduction.

The State of Florida, the appellee, instituted commitment proceedings against Mitchel Westerheide, the appellant, pursuant to the "Jimmy Ryce Act,"[1] hereinafter referred to as…

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2Cases cited78 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  5. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Westerheide v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
  2. People v. Superior Court (Ghilotti)California Supreme Court · 2002
  3. State v. GoodeSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
  4. Beasley v. Molett, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2002
  5. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. DenglerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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