In Re Commitment of Fisher

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 2005-05-20

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Chief Justice JEFFERSON delivered the opinion of the Court. A jury determined that Michael James Fisher suffered from a behavioral abnormality that made him likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence, and the trial court ordered Fisher committed pursuant to the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act (the “Act”). The court of appeals r…

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