Legal Opinion
In Re Commitment of Mullens
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided December 19, 2002No. 09-01-534 CVPublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID B. GAULTNEY, Justice.
Pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 841 of the Health and Safety Code (“the SVP statute”), the State of Texas filed a petition to civilly commit Boyd Mullens as a sexually violent predator. See Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. §§ 841.001-841.147 (Vernon Supp.2003). A jury found that Mullens suffers from a behavioral abnormality that makes him likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence. The trial court entered a final judgment and order of civil commitment, from which Mullens appeals. Mullens presents five issues.
Analysis
Is The Statute Punitive?
In his…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Kansas v. HendricksSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Hudson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- United States v. UrserySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Kansas v. CraneSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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3Cited by168 opinions
- In Re the Commitment of Browning, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2003
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- in Re Commitment of Charles Philip Anderson, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2013
- Adams v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)2007
- In Re Commitment of Morales, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2003
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