In Re the Care & Treatment of Sykes

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rosen, J.:

Despite having been found incompetent to assist in his own defense, Paul Sykes was adjudicated a sexually violent predator. On review of the decision by the Court of Appeals, we affirm the adjudication.

In 1987, Sykes was convicted in Wyandotte County of burglary and aggravated sexual battery, based on an incident in which he broke into a house and hit a couple of young female occupants, who observed that his pants were unzipped and his penis was visible. He spent much of his confinement at Lamed State Hospital. His sentence expired in 2007.…