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Office of the Attorney General Sexually Violent Predators Civil Commitment Section

Office of the Attorney General Sexually Violent Predators Civil Commitment Section. Case information and statistics June 25, 2009. Frank S. Ferguson Deputy Attorney General Angela Boice Axselle Assistant Attorney General. Cases referred to OAG.

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Office of the Attorney General Sexually Violent Predators Civil Commitment Section

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  1. Office of the Attorney GeneralSexually Violent PredatorsCivil Commitment Section Case information and statistics June 25, 2009

  2. Frank S. FergusonDeputy Attorney GeneralAngela Boice AxselleAssistant Attorney General

  3. Cases referred to OAG • 523 cases have been referred to OAG from the Commitment Review Committee (“CRC”) to date • As of June 18, 2009: • OAG has filed petitions in 320 cases (65% of cases referred) • OAG has not filed petitions in 175 cases (35% of cases referred) • 28 cases still under review

  4. Status of cases filed by OAG • Of the 320 cases filed by the OAG: • As of June 18, 2009, 209 cases have been completed or resolved in the courts • 111 pending in the courts: • 12 probable cause (PC) hearings pending • 80 trials pending • 19 disposition hearings (where Respondent was declared an SVP and a hearing is held to determine commitment v. conditional release)

  5. Completed SVP cases • Of the 209 total cases completed in court: • 176 Respondents found to be SVPs • 27 Respondents released as not meeting SVP criteria (including 5 at PC hearing) • 6 cases withdrawn/dismissed by OAG prior to trial • Of 203 cases decided on the merits: • 40 were resolved by consent orders

  6. Respondents found to be SVPs • A total of 195 Respondents have been found to be SVPs by the courts: • 151 have been ordered to be civilly committed • 25 are on conditional release • 19 are still pending disposition

  7. Civilly Committed SVPs • As of June 18, 2009, 151 SVPs were ordered to be civilly committed: • Approximately 23 were committed by agreement of the respondent (a consent order was entered) • Includes 6 SVPs who were initially placed on conditional release, but who later had their conditional release revoked

  8. Conditionally Released SVPs • 25 SVPs on conditional release • At least 14 SVPs were placed on conditional released by agreement between OAG and Respondent (consent orders entered) • 2 SVPs currently have revocation hearings pending • 1 individual is now deceased

  9. Annual Reviews for committed SVPs • Annual review experience • Not uncommon for SVPs to waive their annual review hearing • 2 SVPs have been released onto conditional release at their annual review hearings • Courts have ordered conditional release plans to be prepared for consideration in at least 5 more annual review hearings

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