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Monday, July 23, 2007

In the Matter of Civil Commitment of J.M.B., SVP-358-04

07-20-07 A-6458-03T2

J.M.B. was civilly committed under the Sexually Violent
Predator Act, N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.24 to -.38. He appealed his
initial commitment, alleging he was wrongfully committed because
none of his convictions were sexually violent offenses as
defined by N.J.S.A. 30:4-27.26. Held that subsection (b) is a
catchall provision permitting the psychiatric experts and the
court to consider the factual circumstances of the offenses in
making the determination of whether the committee committed
sexually violent offenses and was a sexual predator under the
Act.