IN RE DETENTION OF LAW

No. 59619-5-I.

204 P.3d 230 (2008)

145 Wash.App. 28

In the Matter of the DETENTION OF Dennis Erik LAW. State of Washington, Respondent, v. Dennis Erik Law, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

Publication Ordered July 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer L. Dobson, Jennifer M. Winkler, Nielson Broman & Koch, PLLC, Seattle, for Appellant.

Rod H. Scarr, King County Pros. Atty., Carol Jean Murray, King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


AGID, J.

¶ 1 Dennis Law appeals the trial court's order of civil commitment based on a jury's finding that he is a sexually violent predator (SVP). He argues that: (1) the trial court's exclusion of impeachment evidence and expert testimony on false confessions deprived him of his rights to confrontation and to present a defense; (2) the trial court deprived him of due process by admitting his statements to a polygrapher without determining that they were voluntary...

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