Legal Opinion

In Re the Detention of Danforth

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 10, 2011No. 84152-7Published

1Opinion of the Court

264 P.3d 783 (2011)

173 Wn.2d 59

In the Matter of the Detention of Robert DANFORTH, Petitioner.

No. 84152-7.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued February 2, 2011.

Decided November 10, 2011.

Lila Jane Silverstein, Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.

David J.W. Hackett, King County Prosecutor's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

J.M. JOHNSON, J.

¶ 1 In October 2006, Robert Danforth went to the King County Sheriff's Office, described his history of sex offenses, and made explicit descriptions of his plans to molest boys and have intercourse with a child. He repeatedly…

2Cases cited61 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Roberts v. United States JayceesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Kansas v. HendricksSupreme Court of the United States · 1997

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