In Re Detention of Goodwin

CADY, Justice.

A jury found Jeffrey Allen Goodwin was a sexually violent predator subject to civil commitment under Iowa Code chapter 229A (2003). Goodwin appeals from the district court judgment ordering his civil commitment. He contends the district court’s refusal to submit his requested special interrogatory to the jury violated his due process rights. For the following reasons, we disagree and affirm the district court judgment.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings

Goodwin, who is now forty years old, has been in prison almost his entire adult life. He was first convicted when he was…