Supreme Court of Virginia December 28, 2017, Record 161489 (Rickman v. Commonwealth)

PRESENT: All the Justices

JOSEPH BOYD RICKMAN

OPINION BY

v. Record No. 161489 JUSTICE D. ARTHUR KELSEY

December 28, 2017

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY

David E. Johnson, Judge

Joseph Boyd Rickman appeals a civil-commitment order entered pursuant to the Sexually

Violent Predators Act, Code § 37.2-900 to -921 (“SVPA”).