STATE EX REL. NIXON v. ASKREN

No. WD 57853.

27 S.W.3d 834 (2000)

STATE ex rel. Jeremiah W. NIXON, Attorney General, Relator, v. The Honorable Kenton G. ASKREN, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

September 26, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Alana M. Barragan-Scott, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for appellant.

Kirk S. Zwink, Kansas City, for respondent.

Before JAMES M. SMART, Jr., P.J., VICTOR HOWARD and THOMAS H. NEWTON, JJ.


JAMES M. SMART, Jr., Judge.

The Attorney General of Missouri seeks a ruling prohibiting the respondent, a judge of the Circuit Court of Cooper County, from enforcing a ruling denying to the state the statutorily created right to a jury trial on the state's petition seeking a determination that Kenneth Acosta is a "sexually violent predator" under §§ 632.480-.513, RSMo Cum.Supp.1999.1 The state contends that the trial court is...

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