IN RE DETENTION OF HAWKINS

No. 82907-1.

238 P.3d 1175 (2010)

In re the DETENTION OF Jake HAWKINS, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jodi R. Backlund , Manek R. Mistry , Backlund & Mistry, Olympia, WA, for Petitioner.

Joshua Choate , Brooke Elizabeth Burbank , Office of the Washington State Attorney, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.


OWENS, J.

¶ 1 In 2006, the State of Washington filed a petition alleging that Jake Hawkins was a sexually violent predator (SVP). After the trial court found probable cause to believe that Hawkins was an SVP, but before a jury had been asked to determine the issue beyond a reasonable doubt, Hawkins was taken into custody by the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) "for an evaluation as to whether [he] is a sexually violent predator." RCW 71.09.040...

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