Legal Opinion
State v. James
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided March 8, 1976No. 59173PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONNELLY, Judge.
This case involves a constitutional challenge to § 202.730, RSMo 1969, which reads, in part, as follows:
“If the person is found by the court or the jury to be a criminal sexual psychopath, the court may commit him to State Hospital No. 1 at Fulton where he shall be detained and treated until released in accordance with the provisions of sections 202.700 to 202.770 or may order such person to be tried upon the criminal charges against him, as the interests of substantial justice may require.”
On September 15, 1969, appellant was found by a jury to be a criminal sexual psychopath…
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