Young v. State

— The trial court terminated Andre Brigham Young’s annual show cause hearing under RCW 71.09.090 without further proceedings, ruling that Young had not presented prima facie evidence that his condition had so changed that he was no longer a sexually violent predator (SVP). We granted discretionary review to decide whether the trial court erred by improperly weighing the evidence and by failing to order a hearing on his SVP status. Because the actuarial risk assessment evidence Young presented, diagnostic tools that were not available when he was committed in 1991, makes a prima facie showing…