Case Name: Thomas E. BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-05-25
Citations: 88 So. 3d 1034
Docket Number: No. 5D11-864
Parties: Thomas E. BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SAWAYA, COHEN and JACOBUS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 88
Pages: 1034–1035

Head Matter:
Thomas E. BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D11-864.
District Court of Appeal of Florida; Fifth District.
May 25, 2012.
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Leonard R. Ross, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Thomas Brown appeals from a jury verdict finding him a sexually violent predator pursuant to the Jimmy Ryce Act and involuntarily committing him. He specifically challenges the trial court's finding of competency and the constitutionality of the Jimmy Ryce Act.
The trial court heard divergent expert opinions concerning Brown's competency to proceed to trial and made a determination that the State's expert was more credible. On appeal, it is not the function of this Court to substitute our judgment for that of the trial court. State v. Wilford, 720 So.2d 617, 618-19 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998). Additionally, we reject Brown's challenge to the Jimmy Ryce Act. See Westerheide v. State, 831 So.2d 93 (Fla.2002).
AFFIRMED.
SAWAYA, COHEN and JACOBUS, JJ., concur.
. § 394.910, et seq., Fla. Stat. (2008).