Larimore v. State

William Todd Larimore petitions the court for prohibition relief, contending that the circuit court erred in denying his motion to dismiss a pending petition seeking his involuntary commitment as a sexually violent predator under the Jimmy Ryce Act, sections 394.910- 931, Florida Statutes (2010). We previously denied Lari-more’s petition by unpublished order, but now write to explain the basis for our ruling.

In brief, Larimore entered pleas in 1991 to charges of lewd and lascivious acts on a child. While he was still in the custody of the Department of Corrections, the state filed a petition…