Legal Opinion
In Re the Commitment of Conn
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided February 19, 2004No. 2 CA-MH2003-0004-SPPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOWARD, J.
¶ 1 The state appeals from the trial court’s order of January 28, 2003, dismissing civil commitment proceedings brought against ap-pellee Jerry Michael Conn pursuant to Arizona’s Sexually Violent Persons (SVP) Act, A.R.S. §§ 36-3701 through 36-3717 (“the Act”), and ordering Conn’s immediate release from the Arizona State Hospital. At issue is whether sex crimes Conn had admitted having committed, in return for a promise that he would not be prosecuted for them, may later form the basis for an expert’s opinion that he is or may be a sexually violent person. Reviewing this…
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