Pearson v. State

Frank Jerome Pearson appeals an order involuntarily committing him as a sexually violent predator under the Jimmy Ryce Act, Part V of chapter 394, Florida Statutes (2002). We affirm.

Defendant-appellant Pearson pled guilty to a series of six sexual batteries which he committed in 1985. Prior to the expiration of his sentences in 2003, the State petitioned to have him involuntarily committed under the Jimmy Ryce Act.

In the commitment proceedings, defendant-appellant Pearson attempted to challenge the constitutionality of the statute. He argued that the conditions at the Florida Civil Commitment…