STATE EX REL. WRIGHT v. MacDONALD

No. 22978.

330 S.W.2d 175 (1959)

STATE ex rel. Scott O. WRIGHT, Prosecuting Attorney of Boone County, Missouri, Relator-Appellant, v. J. L. MacDONALD, Defendant-Respondent.

Kansas City Court of Appeals, Missouri.

December 7, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry M. Woods, Pros. Atty., Columbia, for appellant.

Carl F. Sapp, Orr & Sapp, Columbia, for respondent.


SPERRY, Commissioner.

This appeal grows out of a proceeding originating in Boone County, wherein the State charged that J. L. MacDonald, defendant, is a person suffering from a mental disorder, with criminal propensities to the commission of sex offenses, as defined in Section 202.700, V.A.M.S. Upon a trial to the Court the petition was dismissed and the defendant was discharged. Plaintiff appeals.

The petition was filed and proceedings were had pursuant to...

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