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State v. Bergen

Citations

  • 146 Wash. App. 515
  • 195 P.3d 529

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that an SVP at a conditional release trial does not “challenge the finding that he meets the commitment criteria,” while an SVP at an unconditional release trial “contests the commitment criteria”
  • stating that the SVP statute provides the SVP a procedure to petition for a show cause hearing, and a path to a jury determination that they are no longer an SVP, requiring the State to “affirmatively defeat” the LRA by proof beyond a reasonable doubt

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Judges: Agid, Dwyer, Leach

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