Miles v. Commonwealth

OPINION BY Justice BARBARAMILANO KEENAN.

In this appeal, we consider a statutory requirement that is part of the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act, Code §§ 37.2-900 through -919 (the Act). 1 We decide the issue whether a certain numerical test score specified in Code § 37.2-903(C), *332 which identifies an inmate for further review under the Act, is a condition precedent for additional proceedings against that inmate.

Ellis Lorenzo Miles challenges the circuit court's determination classifying him as a sexually violent predator and ordering his civil commitment. In 1995, Miles was…