In re the Detention of Broten

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Bridgewater, J.

— Richard A. Broten appeals his civil commitment under chapter 71.09 RCW, the sexually violent predators act. We hold that Broten’s act of being in a park at a children’s playground without a chaperone was sufficient evidence that he committed a recent overt act supporting the jury’s finding that he is a sexually violent predator. Broten’s assertions that he was denied a fair trial due to juror misconduct and because prospective jurors were biased against sex offenders are meritless. We affirm.

FACTS

¶2 Broten was born on February 17, 1965, and has been convicted of two…