5D11-864 Thomas Brown v. State

State: Florida

Court: Florida Fifth District Court

Docket No: 5D11-864

Case Date: 05/21/2012

Preview:IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT JANUARY TERM 2012

THOMAS E. BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ________________________________/ Opinion filed May 25, 2012 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Osceola County, Emerson R. Thompson, Jr., Senior Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Leonard R. Ross, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Thomas Brown appeals from a jury verdict finding him a sexually violent predator pursuant to the Jimmy Ryce Act1 and involuntarily committing him. He specifically Case No. 5D11-864

challenges the trial court's finding of competency and the constitutionality of the Jimmy Ryce Act.

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