In Re Detention of Lewis

177 P.3d 708 (2008)

In the Matter of the DETENTION of David James LEWIS, Petitioner.

No. 79364-6.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued October 23, 2007.

Decided February 28, 2008.

William D. Edelblute, Attorney at Law Spokane Valley, WA, for Petitioner.

Sarah Sappington, Office of the Atty. General, Seattle, WA, Jay Douglas Geck, Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

FAIRHURST, J.

¶ 1 David James Lewis (aka Roy Dale Eaker) challenges a published Court of Appeals, Division Three, decision which held that the State did not have the burden of pleading or proving a recent…