State Ex Rel. Schottel v. Harman

MARY R. RUSSELL, Judge.

Wilbur Schottel (“Relator”) seeks discharge from confinement as a sexually violent predator (“SVP”) pursuant to section 632.498, RSMo 2000. He asks this Court to prohibit the Respondent from applying section 632.498, RSMo Supp.2006, the amended version of the statute that became effective in June 2006, to his original petition for release filed in 2002. This Court holds that section 632.498, RSMo Supp.2006, applies to Relator’s case. The preliminary writ of mandamus previously issued in this matter is quashed.

Background

Relator was committed as a SVP in 2000 and filed a…