State v. Brasel

28 Wn. App. 303 (1981)

623 P.2d 696

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent,

v.

RAY J. BRASEL, Appellant.

No. 4601-II.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

January 27, 1981.

S. Brooke Taylor (of Taylor & Taylor, P.S.C.), for appellant.

Grant S. Meiner, Prosecuting Attorney, and Kenneth L. Cowsert, Deputy, for respondent.

John H. Hertog, amicus curiae.

REED, C.J.

Defendant Ray J. Brasel appeals an order committing him, as a criminally insane person, to the custody of the Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services. We reverse.

Defendant was arrested after attempting to cash a $50…