REED, C.J.
Defendant Ray J. Brasel appeals an order committing him, as a criminally insane person, to the custody of the Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services. We reverse.
Defendant was arrested after attempting to cash a $50 check he took from the Sequim Post Office. He was charged with uttering a forged instrument in violation of RCW 9A.60.020(1)(b), a class C felony. After a preliminary hearing at which defendant's trial attorney questioned...
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