Legal Opinion

In Re Detention of Petersen

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 10, 1999No. 65866-8PublishedCited by 79 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

980 P.2d 1204 (1999)

138 Wash.2d 70

In re the Detention of Ronald Lane PETERSEN.

No. 65866-8.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued September 9, 1998.

Decided June 10, 1999.

Robert W. Goldsmith, Suzanne L. Elliott, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Norm Maleng, King County Prosecutor, James E. Rogers, Deputy, David Hackett, Deputy, Seattle, for Respondent.

TALMADGE, J.

We decide in this case whether committed sexually violent predators who seek appellate review of annual show cause hearings concerning their continuing confinement may appeal as of right, or whether they must file a motion for…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. Kansas v. HendricksSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. Vitek v. JonesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980

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3Cited by79 opinions

  1. In re the Detention of TurayWashington Supreme Court · 1999
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  3. Detention of Petersen v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 2002
  4. In re the Personal Restraint of SkylstadWashington Supreme Court · 2007
  5. State v. TaylorWashington Supreme Court · 2003

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