Terms Used In Missouri Laws 632.525

  • Case law: The law as laid down in cases that have been decided in the decisions of the courts.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020

It is the intent of the legislature to reject and abrogate earlier case law interpretations on the meaning of or definition of “sexually violent offense” to include, but not be limited to, holdings in: Robertson v. State, 392 S.W.3d 1 (Mo. App. W.D., 2012); and State ex rel. Whitaker v. Satterfield, 386 S.W.3d 893 (Mo. App. S.D., 2012); and all cases citing, interpreting, applying, or following those cases. It is the intent of the legislature to apply these provisions retroactively.