PIERCE v. DEPT. OF SOCIAL & HEALTH SERVS.

No. 48217-9.

97 Wn.2d 552 (1982)

646 P.2d 1382

MICHAEL PIERCE, Respondent, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Carol Horan Rainey and Mark J. Dynan, Assistants, for appellant.

Millard Rowlette, for respondent.


PEARSON, J.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which the trial court ruled that petitioner's Fourteenth Amendment due process rights were violated during revocation proceedings when the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles (Board) hearing officer refused to order a competency evaluation when there was "sufficient information ... to call into question petitioner's competency when applying standards applicable to a criminal...

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