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IN RE CARE OF COFFMAN

No. ED 80511.

92 S.W.3d 245 (2002)

In the Matter of the CARE and Treatment OF Larry L. COFFMAN. Larry L. Coffman, Respondent/Respondent, v. State of Missouri, Petitioner/Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Two.

November 5, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy L. Vincent, Asst. Public Defender, Appellate/PCR Division, Eastern Dist., St. Louis, MO, for respondent.

Theodore A. Bruce, Assistant Attorney General, James R. Layton, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for appellant.

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Judge.

After a jury found respondent to be a sexually violent predator under Sections 632.480 through 632.513 RSMo (2000), the trial court ordered a new trial on the grounds that the verdict-directing instruction did not unambiguously inform the jury that the state was required to prove impairment of volition and the state did not adduce expert testimony on the issue. The state appeals. It argues that...

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