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STATE v. BATSON

No. 97617-1.

478 P.3d 75 (2020)

STATE of Washington, Petitioner, v. Benjamin BATSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed: December 24, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gavriel Gershon Jacobs , King County Prosecutor's Office, 516 3rd Ave., Ste. W554, Seattle, WA, 98104-2362, for Petitioner.

Jessica Constance Wolfe , Washington Appellate Project, 1511 3rd Ave., Ste. 610, Seattle, WA, 98101-1683, for Respondent.

Cristina Marie Hwang Sepe , Peter B. Gonick , Office of the Attorney General, Po Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of State of Washington.

David Ventura Montes , King County Department of Public Defense, 710 2nd Ave. Ste. 250, Seattle, WA, 98104-1765, La Rond Baker , Katherine Elizabeth Hurley , King County Department of Public Defense, 710 2nd Ave. Ste. 200, Seattle, WA, 98104-1703, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of King County Department of Public Defense.

¶ 1 This case concerns whether the state legislature may impose a duty to register as a sex offender in Washington where an individual would be required to register in the state of conviction. The answer is yes. We reverse the Court of Appeals' holding that RCW 9A.44.128(10)(h) is an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority...

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