Case Name: Todd S. GRAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2003-09-17
Citations: 854 So. 2d 287
Docket Number: No. 4D01-4887
Parties: Todd S. GRAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: GUNTHER and GROSS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 854
Pages: 287–288

Head Matter:
Todd S. GRAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D01-4887.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Sept. 17, 2003.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and. Ian Seldin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sue-Ellen Kenny, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We affirm the commitment order entered under section 394.917(2), Florida Statutes (2001), the "Jimmy Ryce Act." The only issue appellant raises is whether the court erred in not instructing the jury that the state had to prove that appellant has serious difficulty in controlling his dangerous behavior. We affirm based on Westerheide v. State, 831 So.2d 93 (Fla.2002), but certify the same question certified as one of great public importance in Lee v. State, 854 So.2d 709, 716, 2003 WL 21946444 (Fla. 2d DCA Aug.15, 2003), which is:
MAY AN INDIVIDUAL BE COMMITTED UNDER THE JIMMY RYCE ACT IN THE ABSENCE OF A JURY INSTRUCTION THAT THE STATE MUST PROVE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS SERIOUS DIFFICULTY IN CONTROLLING HIS OR HER DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR?
GUNTHER and GROSS, JJ., concur.
KLEIN, J., concurs specially with opinion.