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Probate : SVP – Civil Commitment – Predicate Offense
Stephanie Maniscalco//September 7, 2018
Where the state challenged the dismissal of its petition to civilly commit a man as a sexually violent predator, the judgment is reversed and remanded because a Colorado conviction for attempted sexual assault on a child was substantially similar to listed Missouri offenses and met the definition of “sexually violent offense.”
Judgment is reversed and remanded.
In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of: P.L. (MLW No. 72026/Case No. ED105930 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Robert G. Dowd Jr., J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis County, Green, J. (Monty C. Platz and Gregory M. Goodwin for appellant) (Jessica Hathaway, Eric M. Selig and Emily S. Danker-Feldman for respondent).
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