Matter of Buckhalton

OPINION

NORTON, Judge.

Wilbert Buckhalton appeals from his commitment as a psychopathic personality to the Minnesota Security Hospital. This court granted the attorney general’s motion to intervene and file a brief. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant is a repeat sex offender with a lengthy history of incarceration. Appellant was convicted of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree in 1979. In this incident, after helping a woman remove her automobile from a snow bank, appellant forced her to undress and engage in sexual intercourse at gunpoint. Appellant served time at Minnesota Correctional…