Where appellant challenged his civil commitment as a sexually violent predator, the trial court’s reasonable restriction on a detailed inquiry into the age of the victims was not an abuse of discretion, the court did not abuse its discretion in ...

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Where appellant, who was civilly committed as a sexually violent predator, challenged the denial of a trial on his petition for conditional release, the trial court did not err in finding that the defendant failed to establish by a preponderance ...

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Defendant appealed his civil commitment to the Department of Mental Health as a sexually violent predator. Defendant argued that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to file an answer and object to the state’s “end-of-confinement report” ...

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Where a man, who challenged his commitment as a sexually violent predator, argued that he was unconstitutionally committed because he was committed arbitrarily when a guardianship proceeding was pending, the man did not cite any authority to support the claim ...

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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Lester Bradley v. State (MLW No. 71653/Case No. WD80406 – 19 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.)

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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Martin Reddig v. State (MLW No. 71512/Case No. SD34498 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis Jr., J.)

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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of James Braddy (MLW No. 71234/Case No. SD34550 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Sheffield, J.)

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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Sterling Mitchell (MLW No. 71183/Case No. SD34821 – 12 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Lynch, J.)

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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Jay Nelson v. State (MLW No. 70710/Case No. SC95975 – 11 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Wilson, J.; Breckenridge, C.J., Fischer, Stith, Draper and Russell, JJ., concur. Powell, J., not participating)

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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Carl Kirk v. State (MLW No. 70711/Case No. SC95752 – 31 pages) (Supreme Court of Missouri, Wilson, J.; Breckenridge, C.J., Fischer, Stith, Draper and Russell, JJ., concur. Powell, J., not participating)

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In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of James Underwood v. State (MLW No. 70490/Case No. WD79194 – 24 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ardini Jr., J.)

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