Legal Opinion

In re the Personal Restraint of Blackburn

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 27, 2010No. 82329-4PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFairhurst, J.

¶1 The issue we decide in this case is the level of specificity that due process requires for a notice of an alleged community custody violation that is punishable by reclassification and transfer to total confinement.

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶2 Douglas Louis Blackburn pleaded guilty in 2004 to two drug crimes. The sentencing court found Blackburn *883was eligible for a drug offender sentencing alternative, former RCW 9.94A.660 (2002), and gave him a sentence split into a term of total confinement and a term of community custody, along with a substance abuse treatment program. One of the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Gagnon v. ScarpelliSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. State v. LordWashington Supreme Court · 1992
  4. In re the Personal Restraint of IsadoreWashington Supreme Court · 2004
  5. In Re IsadoreWashington Supreme Court · 2004

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  3. State v. SlattumCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2013
  4. City of Aberdeen v. ReganWashington Supreme Court · 2010
  5. City of Aberdeen v. ReganWashington Supreme Court · 2010

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