Sjuts v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

The circuit court dismissed without prejudice two counterclaims filed by Dale Edward Sjuts in response to the State’s petition to involuntarily commit him pursuant to the Jimmy Ryce Act.1 We affirm the dismissals, but not for the reason advanced by the circuit court.

Sjuts was imprisoned for sexually violent offenses. As he neared the end of his prison term, the State Attorney for the Tenth Judicial Circuit filed a Ryce Act petition alleging that Sjuts was a sexually violent predator who must be committed for long-term control, care and treatment. Pursuant to section 394.915…