Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District / May 9, 2018
In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Lester Bradley a/k/a Lester B. Bradley, a/k/a Lester Bernard Bradley vs. State of Missouri
Lester Bradley appealed a judgment finding him to be a sexually violent predator and committing him to the Department of Mental Health. He challenged the trial court's denial of his motion to dismiss based on the timing of a probable cause hearing, the admission of expert testimony, the sufficiency of the evidence, and the constitutionality of the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA). The appellate court affirmed the judgment, finding no error in the trial court's rulings on these issues, largely relying on prior Supreme Court precedent and the law-of-the-case doctrine.