In Re the Detention of Jeffrey Anderson, Jeffrey Anderson

I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that under the findings made by the district court it had-the statutory or constitutional authority to place Jeffrey Anderson in the transitional release program under Iowa Code chapter 229A (2016).

I. Absence of Statutory Authority.

Chapter 229A contains the Code provisions concerning civil commitment of sexually violent predators. The legislature included the transitional release program as part of its civil commitment of sexually violent predators. Iowa Code § 229A.8A. Transitional release is the last phase of treatment for persons committed to the…