In Re Detention of Bradford

LARSON, Justice.

Willie Bradford has appealed an order for commitment as a sexually violent predator under Iowa Code chapter 229A (2003), alleging that the statute is unconstitutional on ex post facto and double jeopardy grounds. We affirm.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings.

In 1991 Bradford was convicted of second-degree sexual abuse and indecent contact with a minor and was sentenced to concurrent terms of twenty-five and two years, respectively. Both offenses are “sexually violent” offenses as defined by Iowa Code section 229A.2(10)(a). He was confined at the Anamosa State Penitentiary, but was…