Missouri Court of Appeals September 26, 2000, WD 57853 (State Ex Rel. Nixon v. Askren)

JAMES M. SMART, Jr., Judge.

The Attorney General of Missouri seeks a ruling prohibiting the respondent, a judge of the Circuit Court of Cooper County, from enforcing a ruling denying to the state the statutorily created right to a jury trial on the state’s petition seeking a determination that Kenneth Acosta is a “sexually violent predator” under §§ 632.480-.513, RSMo Cum.Supp.1999.