State ex rel. State v. Parkinson

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Chief Justice.

The Missouri Department of Corrections gave the attorney general notice, prior to the end of confinement of Richard Closser, that Mr. Closser may be a sexually violent predator (SVP). The attorney general, relying on the assessments of the prosecutors’ review committee and the multidisciplinary team, determined that Mr. Closser may be an SVP and filed a petition to commit him as an SVP. After a hearing, the trial court held there was probable cause to believe that Mr. Closser may be an SVP, and a later mental evaluation so found also.

After six continuances…