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IN RE BROOKS

No. 40710-4-I.

973 P.2d 486 (1999)

94 Wash.App. 716

In re the DETENTION OF BROOKS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

March 15, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Emmet Horgan, David Barrett Hirsch, Public Defendant Association, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

David J.W. Hackett, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

ELLINGTON, J.

Scott W. Brooks was committed as a sexually violent predator pursuant to RCW 71.09. He challenges the constitutionality of the statute, arguing that the 1995 amendments to RCW 71.09 deprive him of equal protection because consideration of less restrictive treatment alternatives for sexually violent predators is allowed only after commitment, whereas RCW 71.05 requires such consideration for the mentally ill before commitment. Mr. Brooks also argues that...

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