State v. Adams

Reuben Adams appeals from the trial court order, following a jury trial, committing him to a secure mental health facility as a sexually violent person under ch. 980, STATS. Presenting issues of first impression, he argues: (1) the évidence was insufficient to support the jury's verdict finding him a sexually violent person because his diagnosis — "antisocial personality disorder" — uncoupled with any other diagnosis, does not constitute "a mental disorder that makes it substantially probable that the person will engage in acts of sexual violence," as required by the definition of "sexually…