Legal Opinion

In Re The Detention Of: Damion Blevins

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided April 12, 2021No. 80315-8Unpublished

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON In the Matter of the Detention of ) No. 80315-8-I ) DAMION BLEVINS ) DIVISION ONE ) Appellant. ) UNPUBLISHED OPINION ) ) ) HAZELRIGG, J. — Damion Blevins was found to be a sexually violent predator (SVP) following a jury trial. Blevins had earlier entered a guilty plea to assault in the second degree without a sexual motivation aggravator, so the State sought to prove sexual motivation at the SVP trial. Prior to the SVP trial, Blevins moved to bifurcate the determination of sexual motivation from the remainder of the proceeding, but the…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Matter of Personal Restraint of YoungWashington Supreme Court · 1993
  4. Washington Public Utility Districts' Utilities System v. Public Utility District No. 1Washington Supreme Court · 1989
  5. State v. StoutWashington Supreme Court · 2007

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