Reynolds Brooks v. State

A jury found Appellant to be a sexually violent predator (“SVP”), and the trial court granted the State’s petition to involuntarily commit Appellant for treatment as a Jimmy Ryce Act SVP. Appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion and erred'in overruling the defense’s objection to brief statistical testimony about the Jimmy Ryce Act screening process. Although there is some merit to Appellant’s argument, we affirm the trial court’s involuntary commitment order.

This court has previously addressed similar testimony and found the “testimony regarding the multidisciplinary team’s…