In re the Care & Treatment of Morgan

Dean Morgan (“Appellant”) appeals the judgment committing him to the custody of the Department of Mental Health after a jury found him to be a sexually violent predator (“SVP”) (see section 632.480(5) 1). Appellant contends the trial court erred in overruling his motion for a directed verdict at the close of the evidence because there was insufficient evidence clearly and convincingly demonstrating that it was more likely than not that Movant would commit a sexually violent act in the future in that the State’s expert witness “greatly inflated *485[Appellant’s] risk of reoffending[.]”2 Because…