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MEMORANDUM OPINION

A jury determined that Eddie Carl McBride is a sexually violent predator under Texas law. See TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. §§ 841.001-.150 (Vernon 2010) (SVP statutes). The jury found that McBride suffers from a behavioral abnormality that predisposes him to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence. McBride presents two issues in his appeal from the trial court’s judgment and order of civil commitment. We find no error and affirm the jury’s verdict and the judgment.

In his first issue, McBride argues that the trial court abused its discretion in preventing his attorney from asking the venire the following question: “Now, is there anyone here that would not be able to follow the law and consider all the evidence, and say well, if you have one sexual offense, you’re going to do it again, no matter what?”

 
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