Delgado v. State

The defendant appeals from a final judgment finding him to be a sexually violent predator and civilly committing him for treatment pursuant to the Jimmy Ryce Act, sections 394.910-394.932, Florida Statutes (2006). The defendant argues that, in the second phase of the bifurcated trial, the state improperly relied upon inadmissible hearsay regarding a 1988 battery conviction and a 2000 lewd or lascivious conduct acquittal to show that the defendant was a sexually violent predator. We conclude that the state properly relied upon the 1988 battery conviction. However, we conclude that the state…