IN RE DETENTION OF POUNCY

No. 81769-3.

229 P.3d 678 (2010)

168 Wash.2d 382

In the Matter of the DETENTION OF Curtis N. POUNCY, a/k/a Pouncey, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided March 11, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J.W. Hackett, King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

Casey Grannis, Christopher Gibson, Nielsen, Broman & Koch, P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


STEPHENS, J.

¶ 1 Following trial, a jury found Curtis Pouncy to be a sexually violent predator. Pouncy seeks a new trial, claiming that the trial court erred when it failed to instruct the jury on the definition of "personality disorder" and when it allowed the State to impeach Pouncy's expert using judicial findings about the expert set forth in a previous, unrelated trial. We hold that the trial court erred by refusing to instruct on the definition of "personality...

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