In re the Detention of Strand

¶24 (dissenting) — The majority claims the sexually violent predator (SVP) statute, chapter 71.09 RCW, “authorizes a prefiling psychological examination,” majority at 187; however John Strand is not entitled to representation at his examination notwithstanding former RCW 71.09.050 (1995), which guarantees the right to an attorney “[a]t all stages of the proceedings under this chapter . . . .”

¶25 The majority opines, in circular fashion, there is no right to a voluntariness hearing in a “voluntary prefiling psychological interview.” Majority at 192. And because this is a “civil” incarceration,…