Care & Treatment of Thomas v. State

WILLIAM RAY PRICE, JR., Judge.

Eddie J. Thomas was convicted of three counts of forcible rape and two counts of forcible sodomy in 1982. His victims were children. Thomas was sentenced to twenty-three years imprisonment, of which he served seventeen. He was scheduled to be released from prison and placed on parole on July 14, 1999. On July 13, 1999, the State filed a petition to commit Thomas to the Missouri Department of Mental Health pursuant to Missouri’s sexual predator law, sections 632.480 et seq., RSMo Supp. 1999.

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