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IN RE DETENTION OF COPPIN

No. 64963-9-I.

238 P.3d 1192 (2010)

In re the DETENTION OF John Paul COPPIN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

August 16, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jodi R. Backlund , Backlund & Mistry, Olympia, WA, for Appellant.

Brooke Elizabeth Burbank , Jana Ranae Hartman , Assistant Attorney General, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

COX, J.

¶ 1 The sexually violent predator act (SVPA), chapter 71.09 RCW, is civil in nature and provides for the right to demand a trial before a 12-person jury.1 But the right to a jury trial in a civil case may be waived. Whether to refuse a jury demand after such waiver is a question addressed by the trial court's sound exercise of discretion.2

¶ 2 Here, John Coppin did not make a jury...

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