Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District / Date unavailable
In the matter of the Care and Treatment of H.R., a/k/a H.J.R. vs. State of Missouri
H.R. appealed the trial court's judgment committing him to the Department of Mental Health as a sexually violent predator, arguing there was insufficient clear and convincing evidence that he was more likely than not to engage in future predatory acts of sexual violence. The appellate court affirmed, holding that H.R. had waived his admissibility arguments regarding the expert testimony by failing to object at trial. The court concluded there was sufficient and overwhelming evidence in the record to support the trial court's finding of H.R.'s sexually violent predator status.