Legal Opinion
In re the Personal Restraint of Turay
Washington Supreme Court
Decided November 18, 2004No. 74556-1PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*46¶1 Personal restraint petitioner Richard G. Turay seeks release from civil commitment as a sexually violent predator, arguing that the State was required but failed to plead and prove a recent overt act at his commitment trial. We dismiss Turay’s personal restraint petition as an abuse of the writ.
Madsen, J.
FACTS
¶2 On October 19, 1994, Turay was committed as a sexually violent predator under the community protection act, chapter 71.09 RCW. His history of sexually violent crimes includes convictions for third degree rape committed in 1977, second degree rape in 1979, and second degree rape in…
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