Legal Opinion

In Re Detention of Martin

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 1, 2008No. 78963-1PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

182 P.3d 951 (2008)

In the Matter of the DETENTION OF Sheldon MARTIN, Petitioner.

No. 78963-1.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued September 25, 2007.

Decided May 1, 2008.

Joseph Orry-Leroy Baker, Van Siclen Stocks & Firkins, Auburn, WA, for Petitioner.

Melanie Tratnik, Attorney Generals Office/CJ Division, Malcolm Ross, Attorney General of Washington Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

SANDERS, J.

¶ 1 The State committed Sheldon Martin as a sexually violent predator based on two sexually violent offenses he committed in Oregon. Washington's sexually violent predator law (chapter 71.09 RCW) includes…

2Cases cited39 opinions

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