Court of Appeals of Washington September 24, 2007, No. 56883-3-I (In re the Detention of Allen)

¶1 — The Sixth Amendment right to confrontation benefits criminal defendants. It does not apply in civil cases, including predator civil commitment trials. Nor does due process require that a sexually violent predator detainee be permitted to confront a live witness. Here, an adult testified at James Allen’s civil commitment trial that a crying child she pulled from his arms said he touched her.