Supreme Court of Missouri / May 1, 2018
State of Missouri, Respondent, vs. Travis W. Williams, Appellant.
Travis Williams was convicted of three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy and sentenced as a predatory sexual offender. On appeal, Williams challenged the constitutionality of Article I, section 18(c) of the Missouri Constitution, which allows propensity evidence in child sex offense cases, and the circuit court's application of this provision. The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the judgment, rejecting Williams's due process challenge to the amendment and finding no error in the circuit court's admission of his prior conviction evidence.