IN THE MATTER OF: THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF WILLIAM BOUGHTON, a/k/a WILLIAM E. BOUGHTON, a/k/a WILLIAM EDGAR BOUGHTON v. STATE OF MISSOURI

WILLIAM W. FRANCIS, JR., C.J.

William Boughton (“Boughton”) appeals the judgment of the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Pulaski County (“the trial court”) committing him to the custody of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (“MDMH”), pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act (“SVP Act”), sections 632.480-.513, after a jury found he was a “sexually violent predator” (“SVP”), as defined in section 632.480(5). 1 We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Factual and Procedural Background

Boughton was born in 1941. When Boughton was 4 years old, his father went to prison and his…