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ERVIN T. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D08-1559

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ERVIN T. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. Case No. 5D08-1559 District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District. Opinion filed December 24, 2008 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County,Lawrence Kirkwood, Judge. James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Anne Moorman Reeves, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Smith v. State, 920 So.2d 744 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) (holding civil commitment under Sexual Predator Act required finding that sexual offender was ?likely? to reoffend, and therefore, sexual offender who was subject of civil commitment proceedings under Act, was not entitled to jury instruction requiring finding that he was ?highly likely? to reoffend); State v...continue to full post

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