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IN RE CARE AND TREATMENT OF COFFMAN

No. SC 87803.

225 S.W.3d 439 (2007)

In the Matter of the CARE AND TREATMENT OF Larry L. COFFMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

June 12, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmett D. Queener, Office of the Public Defender, Columbia, MO, for Appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Charles Birmingham, Alana Barragan-Scott, Asst. Atty. Generals, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.

MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Chief Justice.

Introduction

In January 2004, a St. Louis jury found that Larry Coffman suffered from pedophilia and a personality disorder and determined that he was a sexually violent predator. Based on this finding, Coffman was committed to a secure Missouri Department of Mental Health facility.

Coffman petitioned for release based on his assertion that he was no longer a sexually violent predator because he was not more likely...

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