IN RE DETENTION OF ANDERSON

No. 79111-2.

211 P.3d 994 (2009)

In re the Matter of the DETENTION OF John Charles ANDERSON, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided July 9, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Boyette Lundahl, Attorney at Law, Antioch, CA, for Petitioner.

Sarah Sappington, Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

King County Prosecutor's Office, David J.W. Hackett, Seattle, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.


J.M. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 John Anderson is a convicted child rapist and, for the past decade, a mental patient institutionalized at Western State Hospital (WSH). At WSH he engaged in numerous sexual liaisons with vulnerable and developmentally disabled copatients. When he sought release, the State petitioned to commit him as a sexually violent predator under chapter 71.09 RCW.

¶ 2 The trial court appointed and funded an expert to assist in his defense...

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