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Morrissey Protections Required for WA Community Custody Revocation
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2001
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2001, page 10
In a case of first impression, the Washington state court of appeals held that an individual facing community custody revocation is entitled to the procedural protections established in Morrissey v. Brewer, 408, U.S. 471, 92 S.Ct. 2593 (1972), but that counsel is not required. Samuel McNeal filed a personal restraint …
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