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IN RE DETENTION OF MARTIN

No. 78963-1.

182 P.3d 951 (2008)

In the Matter of the DETENTION OF Sheldon MARTIN, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided May 1, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Orry-Leroy Baker, Van Siclen Stocks & Firkins, Auburn, WA, for Petitioner.

Melanie Tratnik, Attorney Generals Office/CJ Division, Malcolm Ross, Attorney General of Washington Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

SANDERS, J.

¶ 1 The State committed Sheldon Martin as a sexually violent predator based on two sexually violent offenses he committed in Oregon. Washington's sexually violent predator law (chapter 71.09 RCW) includes out-of-state convictions of sexually violent offenses as a basis for a commitment petition but authorizes only a specific prosecutor to file the petition: "the prosecuting attorney of the county where the person was convicted or charged or the attorney...

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