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DETENTION OF RITTER v. STATE

No. 30845-6-III.

312 P.3d 723 (2013)

177 Wn. App. 519

In re the DETENTION OF Steven G. RITTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Washington, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

November 5, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Donnan , Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Brooke Elizabeth Burbank , Assistant Attorney General, Sarah Sappington , Office of The Atty General, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

BROWN, J.

¶ 1 Steven G. Ritter appeals his involuntary commitment as a sexually violent predator (SVP). He contends, among other things, that the trial court should have held a Frye1 hearing on a predictive tool, the forensic version of the Structured Risk Assessment (SRA-FV). Because we agree with him, we exercise our discretion to "take any other action as the merits of the case and the interest of justice may require." RAP...

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