Griffin v. Bruffett

Arnold-Burger, J.:

In Kansas, as in a few other states, once you have completed your prison term on a sexually violent crime, tire State may seek to have you involuntarily civilly committed to a state hospital upon a determination by a jury that you are a sexually violent predator. The United States Supreme Court has upheld this process to be constitutional, and our Supreme Court has followed suit. Kansas v. Hendricks, 521 U.S. 346, 117 S. Ct. 2072, 138 L. Ed. 2d 501 (1997); In re Care & Treatment of Hay, 263 Kan. 822, 953 P.2d 666 (1998). But a key part of the process is an annual review by…