Supreme Court of Florida

The "Jimmy Ryce Act", providing for the involuntary commitment of persons convicted of sexually offenses and found to be "sexually violent predators", does not violate ex post facto provisions, double jeopardy, due process, or equal protection.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/17/2002
• Published 10/17/2002

Judges

• HARDING, Senior Justice.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Nancy Ryan, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Miami, Florida, for Respondent.