In Re The Detention Of: S.e.

¶1 Today we must decide whether the Washington Constitution requires that a jury be seated to determine the issues presented in a probable cause hearing commenced pursuant to RCW 71.05.240, a mental illness statute. We hold that it does not. Because no jury was required and because substantial evidence supports the trial court’s findings of fact, we affirm. 1

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¶2 S.E. was involuntarily committed to Fairfax Hospital for an initial period of evaluation and treatment due to concerns about her dangerous mental disorder. An evaluating physician from Fairfax petitioned the superior court to…