Legal Opinion

In Re The Detention Of Brent Pettis

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided June 4, 2015No. 45499-8Published

1Opinion of the Court

FILED COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION Ii 2015 JUN — 4 Aid 8: 33 STA : 0 ` 4" i C' J BY IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DIVISION II In the Matter of the Detention of: No. 45499 -8 -II BRENT PETTIS, PART PUBLISHED OPINION Petitioner. WoRSwIcK, J. = Brent Pettis appeals his continued civil commitment to the Special Commitment Center ( SCC) following a jury verdict in an unconditional discharge trial. He argues that ( 1) the trial court erred under Frye' by admitting testimony based on the Structured Forensic Version ( SRA — Risk Assessment — FV) tool at trial, (2) his commitment to…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  4. State v. McFarlandWashington Supreme Court · 1995
  5. State v. GrierWashington Supreme Court · 2011

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