Case Name: Ervin T. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2008-12-24
Citations: 997 So. 2d 506
Docket Number: No. 5D08-1559
Parties: Ervin T. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: SAWAYA, ORFINGER and LAWSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 997
Pages: 506–506

Head Matter:
Ervin T. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 5D08-1559.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Dec. 24, 2008.
James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Anne Moorman Reeves, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Smith v. State, 920 So.2d 744 (Fla. 5th DCA 2006) (holding civil commitment under Sexual Predator Act required finding that sexual offender was "likely" to reoffend, and therefore, sexual offender who was subject of civil commitment proceedings under Act, was not entitled to jury instruction requiring finding that he was "highly likely" to reof-fend); State v. Bryant, 901 So.2d 381 (Fla. 3d DCA 2005) (holding that modified jury instruction, which required finding that sex offender was "highly likely" rather than "likely" to offend, improperly created higher standard of proof for state than provided by statute).
SAWAYA, ORFINGER and LAWSON, JJ., concur.