In re the Detention of Pouncy

Dwyer, A.C.J.

¶1 Curtis Pouncy appeals from an order authorizing his commitment as a sexually violent predator (SVP) pursuant to chapter 71.09 RCW, the sexually violent predator act. He raises four assignments of error: (1) that his right to a unanimous jury verdict was violated, (2) that the trial court erred by not instructing the jury on the definition of “personality disorder,” (3) that the trial court improperly commented on the evidence, and (4) that the trial court erred by allowing Pouncy’s expert witness to be impeached through the use of findings of fact entered in an unrelated…