MATTER OF DETENTION OF PUGH

No. 15430-7-II.

68 Wn. App. 687 (1993)

845 P.2d 1034

In the Matter of the Detention of ROBBIE PUGH, Appellant, LOLITA VELMER, ET AL, Respondents.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

February 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanford F. Opdyke of Department of Assigned Counsel, for appellant.

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and Christopher P. Jennings, Assistant, for respondents.


PETRICH, J.

Robbie Pugh challenges his detention under the involuntary commitment statutes, contending that the State is using the commitment process as additional punishment for two statutory rape convictions for which he served a prison term. He asserts that his commitment is inharmonious with legislative intent and that his prior convictions provide insufficient evidence of a recent overt act to support a finding that he presents a likelihood of serious harm to...

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