IN RE DETENTION OF SAVALA

No. 24691-4-III.

199 P.3d 413 (2008)

In re the DETENTION OF Peter SAVALA, Petitioner. State of Washington, Respondent, v. Peter Savala, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

Publication Ordered December 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Sappington, Todd Richard Bowers, Office of the Attorney General, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Valerie Marushige, Attorney at Law, Kent, WA, for Appellant.


SWEENEY, J.

¶ 1 A sexually violent predator must make a prima facie showing that he no longer meets the statutory criteria—that his condition has changed-to be entitled to a new commitment hearing. The legislature amended a statute (RCW 71.09.090) to provide that certain demographic factors alone will not support this required showing. Here, the only change we find in the record to support a new commitment hearing is the appellant's age. Change in age...

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