CARE AND TREATMENT OF MORGAN v. STATE

No. WD 63300.

176 S.W.3d 200 (2005)

In the Matter of the CARE AND TREATMENT OF John W. MORGAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

November 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmett D. Queener, Appellate Defender, Columbia, MO, for Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Shawn R. McCall, Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.

Before SMITH, C.J., and LOWENSTEIN and ULRICH, JJ.


EDWIN H. SMITH, Chief Judge.

John W. Morgan appeals from the judgment of the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Jackson County committing him to the custody of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVP Act), §§ 632.480-.513,1 after a jury had found, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he was a "sexually violent predator" (SVP), as defined in § 632.480(5).

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