In re Care & Treatment of Thomas

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Biles, J.:

This appeal arises after a civil jury declared Kodi A. Thomas to be a sexually violent predator under the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act (KSVPA), K.S.A. 59-29a01 et seq. Thomas claims the district court erred by: (1) permitting the State’s experts to testify about hearsay statements contained within his treatment records; and (2) improperly instructing on the State’s burden of proof. We affirm because the hearsay challenge was not preserved for appellate review and the jury instruction deviation from our pattern instructions does not…