In re Care & Treatment of Gormon

Introduction

John Gormon (Appellant) appeals from the probate court’s judgment after a jury trial committing him to secure confinement in the custody of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH) as a sexually violent predator (an SVP). We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

The victim (Victim) in the underlying case was a fifteen-year-old girl who testified that at about 7:45 p.m. on the evening of August 7, 1977, she was standing at a bus stop on the corner of Easton and Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in the City of St. Louis. While Victim waited for the bus to take her to her…