Burdick v. R.A.S. (In re R.A.S.)

Crothers, Justice.

*164[¶1] R.A.S. appeals from a district court order denying his petition for discharge and continuing commitment as a sexually dangerous individual. The order denying R.A.S.'s petition for discharge is reversed for lack of findings sufficient to conclude the due process requirement has been met under Kansas v. Crane , 534 U.S. 407, 122 S.Ct. 867, 151 L.Ed.2d 856 (2002).

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[¶2] R.A.S. was convicted of gross sexual imposition in 1991 and sentenced to eight years. In 2001 R.A.S. was convicted of possession of stolen property, and in 2002 assault on a corrections officer. As part of…