In Re the Care & Treatment of King v. State

DANIEL E. SCOTT, Chief Judge.

After a jury trial, Lloyd King was civilly committed as a sexually violent predator (“SVP”) per RSMo §§ 632.480 et seq. He raises two claims of evidentiary error on appeal.

Background

In 1997, King pleaded guilty in Missouri to first-degree child molestation of a nine-year old. A seven-year sentence was suspended, probation was granted, and King was ordered to get sex offender treatment. Instead, he absconded.

Five years later, while living in Wisconsin under an alias, King was charged with sexual assault of a six-year old. He was returned to Missouri, where…