In Re Detention of Welsh

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• holding that, although the expert witnesses disagreed as to the defendant's diagnosis, “it was the trial court's function to weigh the evidence and resolve conflicts therein”
• rejecting respondent’s challenge to conclusions drawn from actuarial testing as an improper attempt to invade an area reserved for the trier of fact
• rejecting respondent's challenge to conclusions drawn from actuarial testing as an improper attempt to invade an area reserved for the trier of fact
• evidence held sufficient even though respondent did not engage in inappropriate sexual conduct while incarcerated
• evidence held sufficient even though respondent did not engage in inappropriate sexual conduct while incarcerated
• evidence held sufficient despite absence of inappropriate sexual conduct or alcohol abuse while the respondent was incarcerated and there was no diagnosis of pedophilia until three days before his release

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