Legal Opinion
In Re the Care & Treatment of Ward
Court of Appeals of Kansas
Decided March 31, 2006No. 91,826PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Buser, J.:
Robert A. Ward appeals the jury’s verdict that he is a sexually violent predator as defined by the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act (KSVPA), K.S.A. 59-29a01 et seq. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
Factual and Procedural Background
On April 27,2002, Ward was charged in Johnson County District Court with three counts of criminal threat in violation of K.S.A. 21-3419. The complaint identified three dates, February 24, 2002, March 17, 2002, and April 12, 2002, on which Ward called three young girls, M.R., L.K., and K.D., and communicated “a threat to commit violence with the…
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