Legal Opinion
In Re Commitment of Hatchell
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided June 16, 2011No. 09-09-00352-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHARLES KREGER, Justice.
The State of Texas filed a petition to civilly commit Fred Beasley Hatchell, Jr., as a sexually violent predator under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (“the Act”). See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. §§ 841.001-.150 (West 2010). A jury found Hatchell suffers from a behavioral abnormality that makes him likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence. Id. § 841.003. The trial court entered final judgment and an order of civil commitment. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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