In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of D.N.

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc Opinion issued April 14, 2020 IN THE MATTER OF THE CARE ) AND TREATMENT OF D.N. ) No. SC98077 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CLARK COUNTY The Honorable Rick R. Roberts, Judge In 2005, appellant D.N. (“Offender”) pleaded guilty to felony sex abuse and was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment. Before Offender’s release in August 2016, the State filed a petition seeking to civilly commit Offender to the department of mental health (“DMH”) as a sexually violent predator (“SVP”), as defined by section 632.480. 1 A jury found Offender to be an SVP, and the circuit…