HAGGERMAN v. STATE

WD 84144.

637 S.W.3d 697 (2021)

In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Justin HAGGERMAN, a/k/a Justin C. Haggerman, a/k/a Justin Cole Haggerman, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

OPINION FILED: December 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy E. Lowe , Assistant Public Defender, St. Louis, MO, Attorney for Appellant.

Eric S. Schmitt , Attorney General, and Nathan J. Aquino , Assistant Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, Attorneys for Respondent.

Before Division One: W. Douglas Thomson, Presiding Judge, and Alok Ahuja and Karen King Mitchell, Judges.


Justin Haggerman appeals, following a bench trial, his civil commitment as a sexually violent predator. Haggerman raises a single claim on appeal. He argues that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in advising Haggerman to waive his right to a jury trial. Finding no error, we affirm.

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