In Re Commitment of Marks

OPINION

HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.

The Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) 1 provides for the involuntary civil commitment of an offender to outpatient treatment and supervision if the offender is found to be a sexually violent predator. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 841.081 (Vernon Supp.2006). 2 A jury determined that Michael Marks was a sexually violent predator under Texas law by finding that he suffers from a behavioral abnormality that makes him likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence. See id. § 841.003. Marks complains of the trial court’s exclusion of the testimony of…