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in Re: The Commitment of Charles Ray Dever

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 23, 2017No. 02-16-00276-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BILL MEIER, JUSTICE

The State of Texas filed a petition to civilly commit Appellant Charles Ray Dever as a sexually violent predator. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. §§ 841.001-.151 (West 2010 & Supp. 2016) (the SVP Act). At the time, Dever was incarcerated, serving concurrent thirteen-year sentences for aggravated sexual assault of a child under age fourteen and for aggravated sexual assault of a child under age seventeen. Dever denied the State’s allegations, and the case eventually proceeded to trial. A jury found that Dever is a sexually violent predator, and the trial court…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. City of Rockwall v. HughesTexas Supreme Court · 2008
  3. T.O. Stanley Boot Co. v. Bank of El PasoTexas Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Entergy Gulf States, Inc. v. SummersTexas Supreme Court · 2009
  5. Kansas v. CraneSupreme Court of the United States · 2002

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. In re HarrisCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  2. In re the Commitment of ShortCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017
  3. In Re the Commitment of Paul Pawlak v. the State of Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2024
  4. in Re the Commitment of Daniel Allen Metcalf, Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)2020
  5. in Re the Commitment of Robert Flores, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2020

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