STATE v. BUNICH

No. 8386-4-I.

28 Wn. App. 713 (1981)

626 P.2d 47

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant, v. JESS BUNICH, Respondent.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division One.

March 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royce A. Ferguson, Jr., for respondent.

Russ Juckett, Prosecuting Attorney, and James B. Roche, Deputy, for appellant.

Steve Scott, amicus curiae.


CALLOW, J.

Jess Bunich is a sexual psychopath, who was conditionally released from Western State Hospital. We must decide (1) whether Bunich's release was proper or whether he should have been committed for detention, care, and treatment under RCW 71.06.060 and (2) whether Bunich unlawfully was placed twice in jeopardy for the same offense.

Bunich was arrested in September 1978 for second degree rape; a jury found...

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