In re the Detention of Pouncy

¶1 Following trial, a jury found Curtis Pouncy to be a sexually violent predator. Pouncy seeks a new trial, claiming that the trial court erred when it failed to instruct the jury on the definition of “personality disorder” and when it allowed the State to impeach Pouncy’s expert using judicial findings about the expert set forth in a previous, unrelated trial. We hold that the trial court erred by refusing to instruct on the definition of “personality disorder” and that the error was not harmless. Accordingly, a new trial is required. While this issue is dispositive, we *386also address the…