In Re the Care & Treatment of Colt

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Beier, J.-.

This is an appeal from respondent John Colt’s indefinite civil commitment as a sexually violent predator under K.S.A. 59-29a01 et seq. (the Act). He argues that his jury should not have been permitted to consider evidence of his prior crimes, particularly those that had no sexual component; that the State’s expert based his opinion on inadmissible evidence in violation of K.S.A. 60-456(b); and that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict.

We affirm.

This proceeding followed from Colt’s 2001 conviction of one count of…