Supreme Court of Florida
Larimore v. State of Florida, SC06-139
In order for the circuit court to have jurisdiction, an individual must be in lawful custody when the State takes steps to initiate commitment proceedings pursuant to the Involuntary Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act, commonly known as the Jimmy Ryce Act.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/11/2008
- Published 12/11/2008
Judges
- PARIENTE, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Bill White, Public Defender, and Ward L. Metzger, Assistant Public Defender, Jacksonville, FL, for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Robert R. Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief Criminal Appeals, and Charles Richey McCoy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.