In Re Personal Restraint of Duncan

219 P.3d 666 (2009)

In the Matter of the PERSONAL RESTRAINT OF Bryan DUNCAN, Appellant.

No. 81230-6.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued May 12, 2009.

Decided October 22, 2009.

Valerie Marsushige, Kent, for Petitioner/Appellant.

Sarah Sappington, Joshua Choate, Brooke Elizabeth Burbank, Seattle, for Appellee/Respondent.

CHAMBERS, J.

¶ 1 Bryan Duncan was convicted of three counts of first degree child molestation in 1992 and 1993. In 1996, the State petitioned to have Duncan civilly committed as a sexually violent predator (SVP) under chapter 71.09 RCW. Nine years later, in 2005, a jury found…