STATE EX REL. STATE v. PARKINSON

No. SC 89470.

280 S.W.3d 70 (2009)

STATE ex rel. STATE of Missouri, Relator, v. The Honorable Paul PARKINSON, Judge, Macon County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

April 14, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris Koster, Atty. Gen., James R. Layton, Office of Missouri Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, Andrew Dickson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Kansas City, MO, for Relator.

Emmett D. Queener, Office of Public Defender, Columbia, MO, Amy Clay, Office of Public Defender, Clayton, MO, for Respondent.


LAURA DENVIR STITH, Chief Justice.

The Missouri Department of Corrections gave the attorney general notice, prior to the end of confinement of Richard Closser, that Mr. Closser may be a sexually violent predator (SVP). The attorney general, relying on the assessments of the prosecutors' review committee and the multidisciplinary team, determined that Mr. Closser may be an SVP and filed a petition to commit him as an SVP. After a hearing, the trial court held there...

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