Legal Opinion
United States v. Marc Turner
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 7, 2012No. 11-10038PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge McKEOWN; Dissent by Judge M. SMITH.
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (the “Adam Walsh Act” or the “Act”) sets up a process for civil commitment of “sexually dangerous persons.” This appeal raises the question of whether a civil detention under the Act constitutes a term of imprisonment that both precludes and tolls the commencement of a supervised release term of a sex offender who has completed his incarceration for a criminal conviction.
Following the expiration of his criminal sentence, Marc Christopher Turner was detained under…
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