Gibson v. State

JAMES K. PREWITT, Judge.

The State of Missouri petitioned the Probate Division of the Circuit Court of Howell County (“trial court”), seeking to confine Ronald L. Gibson (“Appellant”) as a sexually-violent predator. Following jury trial, Appellant was adjudicated a sexually-violent predator pursuant to § 632.480, RSMo 2000, and ordered “committed to the custody of the director of the Department of Mental Health for control, care and treatment until such time as [Appellant’s] mental abnormality has so changed that he is safe to be at large.”

The commitment followed Appellant’s confinement for…