Legal Opinion
Beasley v. Molett
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided December 19, 2002No. 09-01-078 CVPublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID B. GAULTNEY, Justice.
William J. Beasley and others1 sought to enjoin all judicial proceedings currently being conducted under the terms of the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act (“Act”), Title 11, Chapter 841 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, and requested that Maria Molett, the Council on Sex Offender Treatment’s representative on the multidisciplinary team (“Team”), and her successors be enjoined from attending meetings of the Team. They also sought a judgment declaring the statute unconstitutional on its face and in its application. The trial court denied…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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3Cited by80 opinions
- In Re Commitment of Mullens, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2002
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- In Re the Commitment of Browning, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2003
- Care & Treatment of Murrell v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 2007
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