Westerheide v. State

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• concluding that the Act passes muster under either the \rational basis\ or the \strict scrutiny\ test
• holding that the Jimmy Ryce Act is civil in nature and that confinement is for treatment and the protection of the public, not punishment
• holding that the Jimmy Ryce Act is civil in nature and that confinement is for treatment and the protection of the public, not punishment
• upholding constitutionality of the Act, citing Kansas v. Hendricks, 521 U.S. 346, 117 S.Ct. 2072, 138 L.Ed.2d 501 (1997)
• “The admission of expert testimony from psychologists and psychiatrists for the purpose of predicting future dangerousness caused by mental illness or abnormalities is nothing new or novel to the law.”

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