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IN RE DETENTION OF ALLEN

No. 56883-3-I.

174 P.3d 103 (2007)

In the Matter of the Detention of James ALLEN.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered December 4, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nielsen Broman Koch PLLC, Attorney at Law, Dana M. Lind, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Carol Jean Murray, King County Prosecutors Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

ELLINGTON, BAKER, JJ., and SCHINDLER, A.C.J.

PER CURIAM.

¶ 1 The Sixth Amendment right to confrontation benefits criminal defendants. It does not apply in civil cases, including predator civil commitment trials. Nor does due process require that a sexually violent predator detainee be permitted to confront a live witness. Here, an adult testified at James Allen's civil commitment trial that a crying child she pulled from his arms said he touched her. Allen's claim that he had a right to cross-examine the...

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