Care & Treatment of Wadleigh v. State

LISA WHITE HARDWICK, Judge.

Gregory Wadleigh appeals from a judgment committing him to the Department of Mental Health for treatment as a sexu ally violent predator. Mr. Wadleigh asserts the trial court erred in admitting unduly prejudicial evidence, refusing his proposed jury instructions, and denying his request for six peremptory challenges during jury selection. Finding no error, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

I. Factual and PROCEDURAL HistoRY

In February 1995, Mr. Wadleigh pled guilty to sodomizing a five-year old boy and began serving a seven-year prison sentence. Three months prior…