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STATE v. SIMS

No. 34120-8-III.

406 P.3d 649 (2017)

STATE of Washington, Plaintiff, v. Anthony J. SIMS, Respondent, Department of Social and Health Services and Western State Hospital, Appellants, and Several Other Similar Cases Consolidated On Appeal.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

Filed December 7, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Kennedy Ziser , Wash. State Attorney General's Office, P.O. Box 40124, 7141 Cleanwater Dr. S.W., Olympia, WA, 98504-0124, Andrea L. Utigard-Borg , Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney, 1100 W. Mallon Ave., Spokane, WA, 99260-0270, for Appellants.

Brian Clayton O'Brien , Spokane Co. Pros. Atty., 1100 W. Mallon Ave., Spokane, WA, 99260-2043, Steven J. Kinn , Spokane County Prosecutor's Office, 1115 W. Broadway Ave., Spokane, WA, 99260-2051, Eric J. Nielsen , Jennifer J. Sweigert , Nielsen Broman & Koch PLLC, 1908 E. Madison St., Seattle, WA, 98122-2842, Randy J. Flyckt , Adams Co. Pros. Office, 210 W. Broadway Ave., Ritzville, WA, 99169-1860, for Respondent.

PUBLISHED OPINION

¶ 1 Courts are authorized to impose two types of statutory sanctions, remedial or punitive. Remedial sanctions may be summarily imposed for the purpose of coercing a person to perform an act that is yet in the person's power to perform. Punitive sanctions...

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