In Re the Care & Treatment of Bemboom v. State

CYNTHIA L. MARTIN, Judge.

Larry Bemboom (“Bemboom”) appeals from a judgment entered by the Boone County probate court committing Bem-boom to the custody of the Director of the Department of Mental Health as a sexually violent predator following a jury trial. In his sole point on appeal, Bemboom argues that the probate court erred because Dr. Kent Franks’s (“Dr. Franks”) testimony failed to clearly and convincingly establish the presence of a mental abnormality causing Bemboom serious difficulty controlling his behavior. We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

Bemboom pleaded guilty to first…