In Re Detention of Williams

NEUMAN, Justice.

This is another in a series of appeals concerning the Sexually Violent Predator Act, Iowa Code chapter 229A (1999) 1 . See In re Detention of Garren, 620 N.W.2d 275 (Iowa 2000); In re Detention of Morrow, 616 N.W.2d 544 (Iowa 2000). The case before us is distinguished by the fact that the respondent, Harold Williams, demanded and received a jury trial. See Iowa Code § 229A.7(2) (Supp. 1999). The jury’s unanimous verdict found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Williams is a sexually violent predator. That means he must be committed to the custody of the director of the…