RAY v. STATE

WD 81095.

564 S.W.3d 771 (2018)

In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Richard RAY a/k/a Richard A. Ray, a/k/a Richard Alan Ray, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

OPINION FILED: December 4, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chelseá R. Mitchell , Assistant Public Defender, Columbia, MO, Attorney for Appellant.

Joshua D. Hawley , Attorney General, and Mary H. Moore , Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, Attorneys for Respondent.

Before Division Four: Karen King Mitchell, Chief Judge, and Victor C. Howard and Lisa White Hardwick, Judges.


Richard Ray appeals from the judgment and order, following a bench trial, committing him to the custody of the Department of Mental Health (DMH) as a sexually violent predator (SVP). Ray argues that the probate court erred in finding that he was an SVP because he did not commit a "sexually violent offense" as defined...

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