In re the Commitment of Perdue

OPINION

ELIZABETH KERR, JUSTICE

The State filed a petition to commit Michael Edward Perdue as a sexually violent predator (SVP). A jury found that Perdue is an SVP, and the trial court rendered a final judgment and a civil-commitment order. Perdue appeals, contending in one issue that the trial court erroneously granted the State’s motion for partial directed verdict on whether Perdue is a “repeat sexually violent offender,” something . that is one of the two statutory elements of an SVP finding. We affirm.

I. Background

At trial, Perdue admitted to having four sexual-offense convictions…