In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of: Dwayne Qutez Irving
Case Details
- Status
- Unpublished
- Procedural Posture
- Appeal from district court order of civil commitment; appellate affirmance
Related Laws
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Outcome
Appellate court affirmed the district court's determination that appellant is a sexually dangerous person (SDP) and upheld the order for indeterminate commitment to a secure treatment facility, rejecting arguments that the record lacked clear and convincing evidence and that less restrictive alternatives were available.
Excerpt
In this appeal from an order indeterminately committing him as a sexually dangerous person (SDP), appellant argues that the district court erred in two ways: (1) the record does not establish by clear and convincing evidence that appellant is an SDP, and (2) alternatively, appellant proved by clear and convincing evidence that a less restrictive treatment program was available and appropriate. Because the record establishes that appellant (a) has engaged in a course of harmful sexual conduct, (b) has manifested a sexual, personality, or other mental disorder or dysfunction and, as a result, (c) is likely to engage in future harmful sexual conduct, we affirm the district court's determination that appellant is an SDP. And because appellant failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that a less restrictive treatment program (a) is available and willing to accept him, (b) is consistent with his treatment needs, and (c) is consistent with the requirements of public safety, we affirm the district court's determination that appellant be indeterminately committed to a secure treatment facility as an SDP.
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