Barron v. State

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• holding that, pursuant to section 394.918(3), the trial court may weigh and consider competing evaluations of a petitioner who is seeking release from involuntary civil commitment
• holding that, pursuant to section 394.918(3), the trial court may weigh and consider competing evaluations of a petitioner who is seeking release from involuntary civil commitment
• noting that under section 394.918(3), Fla. Stat., as amended in 2014, a trial court is authorized to “weigh and consider” conflicting evidence in a probable cause hearing under the Sexually Violent Predators Act
• allowing trial court to weigh and consider competing expert testimony to determine if the probable cause threshold is met
• “Applying this fundamental rule of statutory construction, we hold that the trial court was authorized under the statute to ‘weigh and consider’ the State's competing evaluation in assessing whether [Appellant] met his burden of establishing probable cause.”

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-07-29
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  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2021-10-06
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  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2022-05-04
• Goldberg v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-08-29
• Eric Boyington v. The State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-04-10
• Pedro Gil v. The State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-05-08
• Brian Gelish v. The State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-07-10

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-08-27· cited 126×
• Jones v. ETS of New Orleans, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-08-30· cited 61×
• In Re Commitment of Allen
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-05-12· cited 13×
• Westerheide v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-11-19· cited 12×
• Spivey v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-11-16· cited 6×
• Fuery v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-11-07· cited 2×