Beaulieu v. Minnesota

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit · Decided 2009-10-08

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SMITH, Circuit Judge. A Minnesota trial court ordered that Wallace James Beaulieu be civilly committed as a sexually psychopathic personality (SPP) and a sexually dangerous person (SDP). Beaulieu’s attorney appealed the commitment order after the appeals deadline had passed, and the Minnesota Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal as untimely. Beaulieu filed a petition for a writ…

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