Charles Michael Phillips v. State of Florida

HERSCH, RICHARD, Associate Judge.

Phillips appeals from an order finding him to be a sexually violent predator (SVP) under the Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act, sections 394.910~.931, Florida Statutes (2010) (the “Act”), and committing him to the Florida Civil Commitment Center. Phillips raises no issues contesting the sufficiency of the evidence or the procedures utilized at trial in reaching such- a commitment. Rather, Phillips argues only that he was not lawfully confined at the time of initiation of the SVP proceedings and that a lack of jurisdiction precludes…