STATE v. JAMES

No. 59173.

534 S.W.2d 41 (1976)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Leroy Allison JAMES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

March 8, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lilley, Cowan & Love, Gary A. Love, Springfield, for appellant.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Paul R. Otto, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.


DONNELLY, Judge.

This case involves a constitutional challenge to § 202.730, RSMo 1969, which reads, in part, as follows:

"If the person is found by the court or the jury to be a criminal sexual psychopath, the court may commit him to State Hospital No. 1 at Fulton where he shall be detained and treated until released in accordance with the provisions of sections 202.700 to 202.770 or may order such person to be tried upon the criminal charges against...

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