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IN RE CARE AND TREATMENT OF COLT

No. 98,105.

211 P.3d 797 (2009)

In the Matter of the CARE AND TREATMENT OF John COLT.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

July 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Jackson, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellant.

Stephen R. McAllister, solicitor general, argued the cause, and Nola F. Wright, assistant attorney general, and Paul J. Morrison, attorney general, were with him on the brief for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by BEIER, J.:

This is an appeal from respondent John Colt's indefinite civil commitment as a sexually violent predator under K.S.A. 59-29a01 et seq. (the Act). He argues that his jury should not have been permitted to consider evidence of his prior crimes, particularly those that had no sexual component; that the State's expert based his opinion on inadmissible evidence in violation of K.S.A. 60-456(b); and that the evidence...

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