IN RE DETENTION OF HALGREN

No. 76161-2.

132 P.3d 714 (2006)

In re the Matter of the Detention of Michael Allen HALGREN, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided April 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy P. Collins, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, for Petitioner/Appellant.

David J.W. Hackett, Brooke Elizabeth Burbank, Jeffrey C. Dernbach, Carla Barbieri Carlstrom, King County Prosecutors Office, Seattle, for Appellee/Respondent.

Brian William Elser, Miller Nash LLP, Seattle, for Amicus Curiae Washington Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers.


OWENS, J.

¶ 1 Pursuant to the sexually violent predators act (SVPA), chapter 71.09 RCW, the trial court ordered the involuntary commitment of petitioner Michael Halgren after a unanimous jury found beyond a reasonable doubt that Halgren was a sexually violent predator (SVP). Halgren appealed the commitment to Division One of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the trial court in all respects. We accepted review of three issues addressed by Division One and hold...

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