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IN RE DETENTION OF KEENEY

No. 25277-9-III.

169 P.3d 852 (2007)

In re the Detention of John W. KEENEY, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

October 23, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard George Wernette, McAdams Ponti Wernette & Vandorn PS, Walla Walla, WA, for Appellant.

Malcolm Ross, Attorney General of Washington, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

KULIK, J.

¶ 1 John W. Keeney was committed as a sexually violent predator (SVP). He asserts that the SVP statute is unconstitutionally vague; that his right to a unanimous jury verdict was violated; and that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the SVP commitment hearing because Mr. Keeney was unlawfully imprisoned at the time.

¶ 2 Mere uncertainty is insufficient to establish that a statute...

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