In Re the Detention of Altman

TERNUS, Chief Justice.

The respondent, Jerry Altman, appeals from a judgment finding him to be a sexually violent predator under Iowa Code chapter 229A (2003). He claims the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict based on the State’s alleged failure to present substantial evidence that Altman’s antisocial personality disorder predisposed him to commit sexually violent offenses to a degree that would constitute a menace to the health and safety of others as required by the statute. See Iowa Code §§ 229A.2(5), (11), 229A.7(5). Altman also…