Care and Treatment of Scates v. State

NANCY STEFFEN RAHMEYER, Chief Judge.

On July 12, 1994, Clifford M. Scates (“Appellant”) pled guilty to two counts of sexual assault in the first degree. In exchange for his guilty plea, the State recommended a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment in the Missouri Department of Corrections. 1 Appellant was scheduled to be released from prison on October 17, 2000; however, on September 29, 2000, the State filed a petition to have Appellant civilly committed as a sexually violent predator (“SVP”), pursuant to Missouri’s Sexual Violent Predator Act (“SVP Act”), section 632.480 et seq. 2 The…