Care & Treatment of Murrell v. State

WILLIAM RAY PRICE, JR., Judge.

A jury unanimously found Mark Murrell to be a sexually violent predator (“SVP”) pursuant to sections 632.480-632.5131, RSMo Supp.2001. Because his appeal challenges the validity of sections 632.480-632.513, jurisdiction lies solely in this Court. Mo. Const, art. V, sec. 3.

This Court holds: (1) that Missouri’s SVP statute, sections 632.480-632.513, complies with the due process protections of the United States and Missouri constitutions; (2) antisocial personality disorder (“ASPD”) can meet the definition of “mental abnormality” within the meaning of section…