In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of kenneth Smith v. State of Missouri

In the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District IN THE MATTER OF THE CARE ) AND TREATMENT Of KENNETH ) SMITH, ) WD82180 ) Appellant, ) OPINION FILED: January 21, 2020 ) v. ) ) STATE OF MISSOURI, ) ) Respondent. ) Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri The Honorable Mark A. Styles, Jr., Judge Before Division Two: Cynthia L. Martin, Presiding Judge, Thomas H. Newton, Judge and Gary D. Witt, Judge Kenneth Smith ("Smith") was involuntarily committed to the custody of the Department of Mental Health ("DMH") as a sexually violent predator in 2002. In January 2017, Smith…