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FROATS v. STATE

No. 32553-5-II.

140 P.3d 622 (2006)

134 Wash.App. 420

In re The Detention of Edward J. FROATS, Appellant, v. STATE of Washington, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

August 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Michele Mandel, Attorney at Law, Tacoma, WA, Amy Irene Muth, Ronald D. Ness & Associates, Port Orchard, WA, for Appellant.

Melanie Tratnik, Attorney Generals Office/CJ Division, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

HOUGHTON, P.J.

¶ 1 Edward Froats appeals a trial court order committing him to the Special Commitment Center as a sexually violent predator. He argues that the State failed to prove a requisite recent overt act.

¶ 2 Because on the day the State filed the commitment petition Froats was incarcerated for conduct that would itself qualify as a recent overt act and because the trial court correctly found that he committed several recent overt acts during...

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