State Of Washington V. Karl Frederick Schweizer
CourtCourt of Appeals of Washington
Date FiledNovember 9, 2026
Docket87114-5
StatusUnpublished
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Full Opinion
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
DIVISION ONE
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
No. 87114-5-I
Respondent,
ORDER DENYING MOTION
v. FOR RECONSIDERATION
AND WITHDRAWING AND
KARL FREDERICK SCHWEIZER, SUBSTITUTING OPINION
Appellant.
The appellant, Karl Schweizer, has filed a motion for reconsideration of the
opinion filed on August 17, 2026. The court has considered the motion, and the panel
has determined that the motion should be denied but the opinion should be
withdrawn and a substitute opinion filed; now, therefore, it is
ORDERED that the motion for reconsideration is denied; and it is further
ORDERED that the opinion filed on August 17, 2026 is withdrawn; and it is
further
ORDERED that a substitute unpublished opinion shall be filed.
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
STATE OF WASHINGTON,
No. 87114-5-I
Respondent,
DIVISION ONE
v.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
KARL FREDERICK SCHWEIZER,
Appellant.
BIRK, J. — Karl Schweizer pleaded guilty to rape of a child in the second
degree and child molestation in the second degree, both with domestic violence
designations. The sentencing court ordered a special sexual offender sentencing
alternative (SSOSA), which included numerous community custody conditions.
Upon the State’s petition for revocation, the court concluded Schweizer violated
his community custody conditions and his Internet Safety Plan (ISP) and revoked
his SSOSA. Schweizer appeals, challenging the court’s admission of hearsay
evidence and the constitutionality of several community custody conditions, and
asserting legal challenges to his revocation proceedings. We affirm.
I
A
In 2018, Schweizer pleaded guilty to rape of a child in the second degree
and child molestation in the third degree, both with domestic violence designations.
Schweizer admitted that he had digitally penetrated his younger daughter’s vagina
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when she was between 12 and 14 years old. He also admitted he touched his
older daughter’s buttocks under her clothes when she was between 14 and 16
years old.
Before the sentencing hearing, Schweizer moved for a SSOSA.
Schweizer’s presentence report presented an excerpt from an evaluation by Ted
Neiland, a sexual deviancy treatment provider, which stated that Schweizer should
participate in specialized sex offender treatment. Schweizer also asked that
imposed conditions not “unduly restrict his Internet usage.” He asked that the court
“authorize Internet usage for work and personal business so long as it is approved
by his treatment provider and employs the use of monitoring and filtering software
for any non-work Internet enabled devices.”
In Neiland’s report, Neiland stated Schweizer’s wife had noticed that early
on in their marriage, Schweizer had problems playing online role-playing games
and that Schweizer had admitted he was addicted to pornography. In Neiland’s
interviews with Schweizer, Schweizer told Neiland he had an addiction to legal
pornography. Schweizer also recounted a story where he planned a sexual
assault of a classmate in high school, going so far as using a fake name to buy a
stun gun for the plan. Neiland’s recommendations for treatment included that
Schweizer “should not view pornography or engage in sexual chatting on the
Internet,” “he should install monitoring and/or blocking software on any personal
computer or Internet capable device to prevent his accessing inappropriate/deviant
materials on-line or to use the Internet to engage in sexual chat or arrange to meet
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with others for sex,” and he “shall participate in specialized treatment, make
satisfactory treatment progress, and follow all treatment rules.”
At the sentencing hearing, the State opposed granting Schweizer’s motion
for a SSOSA. Referencing Neiland’s evaluation of Schweizer, the State raised
concerns about the sexual assault Schweizer had planned when he was in high
school, which included using a fake name as a step in the plan. The State also
expressed opposition because of the progression of Schweizer’s sexually deviant
behavior, which included “sexually deviant pornography such as forced rape
pornography.” The State proposed community custody conditions 16 through 26
of appendix 4.2 of Schweizer’s judgment and sentence.
Schweizer argued his self-reporting was evidence that he would be
amenable to treatment. In discussing the proposed community custody conditions,
Schweizer stated, “[M]y only request is that on condition No. 26, which is the one
of the ones regarding the internet, that we strike everything after the first sentence.
The broad language there prohibiting . . . owning any computer parts . . . is
unnecessary.” He stated further, “I will concede the nexus that [the State] draws
with the use of pornography in terms of limitations on the internet.” He further
added, “I think simply saying that you may not possess or maintain access to a
computer unless specifically authorized by your community corrections officer
[CCO] is—should be sufficient.”
The court granted Schweizer’s motion and ordered a SSOSA. The court
imposed a total of 151 months and suspended the sentence conditioned on
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Schweizer serving 12 months and successfully completing community-based
treatment. The court imposed all the State’s requested community custody
conditions, except for the disputed condition, which the court modified to prohibit
Schweizer from possessing or maintaining a computer unless specifically
authorized by his supervising CCO.
B
In December 2022, the State petitioned to revoke Schweizer’s SSOSA,
citing nine violations of his community custody conditions. The State alleged
Schweizer had unapproved physical contact with a minor; initiated unsupervised
contact with a minor; frequented areas where children’s activities regularly
occurred; possessed, accessed, and/or viewed sexually explicit materials;
possessed and maintained access to an unauthorized computer; had contact with
one of his daughters; possessed a firearm; failed to comply with Department of
Correction (DOC) rules by threatening, obstructing, or assaulting a staff member;
and failed to comply with sex offender treatment by being terminated from the
treatment program. Schweizer admitted he watched an adult movie at his mother’s
residence and that he viewed erotic images while setting up his new laptop. The
court found, among other things, Schweizer viewed sexually explicit materials and
ordered 240 days confinement, 30 days each for eight found violations, but the
court did not revoke his SSOSA. Schweizer was released from confinement on
June 9, 2023.
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On June 26, 2023, the State petitioned again to revoke Schweizer’s
SSOSA, alleging Schweizer accessed the internet and viewed sexually explicit
material. In the DOC report, the CCO reported Schweizer admitted that on June
10, 2023, he watched a movie containing nudity and sex scenes at his mother’s
residence.
Schweizer challenged the violation by asserting that the internet condition
as unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. Schweizer also challenged the
sexually explicit material condition as unconstitutionally vague and overbroad and
argued that, if it is constitutional, the movies he watched did not meet the definition
of sexually explicit. Schweizer noted during oral argument that he challenged a
few more community custody conditions in a list provided to the State. Schweizer
did not list those conditions at oral argument, and the record does not contain a list
of challenged conditions sent to the State.
The court concluded the conditions were constitutional as written and found
both violations supported. The court ordered 120 days of confinement, 60 days
for each violation, but the court did not revoke Schweizer’s SSOSA. The court
credited Schweizer’s time served towards his confinement, which allowed him to
be released from custody as he had been confined before the hearing longer than
the time ordered. The court suggested the parties file a document containing the
previous community custody conditions and newly agreed updated community
custody conditions, which the parties did and filed with the court as amended
appendix 4.2. Schweizer was released from custody on March 25, 2024.
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C
On May 29, 2024, the State petitioned for revocation of Schweizer’s
SSOSA. The State alleged that on May 15-16, 2024 Schweizer accessed the
internet without CCO or treatment provider approval; possessed, accessed, or
viewed sexually explicit materials; failed to abide by his treatment plan by
possessing/viewing pornographic material; failed to abide by his treatment plan by
being alone at his mother’s residence; and failed to abide by his treatment plan by
not following his ISP.
The notice of violation filed by the DOC included an e-mail sent by
Schweizer to CCO Christopher Knight, which indicated Schweizer was going to
“test” whether the Accountable2You software worked on an iPhone by accessing
“sites that have triggered alerts.” The report also included screenshots of viewing
history on a smart TV at his mother’s residence, and screenshots of an iPhone
showing viewing history of movies and television shows containing nudity and sex
scenes. And it included redacted images of screenshots of scenes from one of the
television shows as well as photos taken of a screen displaying documents entitled
“DOC evidenceExhibits2022.pdf.” Also included were photos of a smart television
screen displaying two recent searches for “Nymphomaniac” and “I Spit on Your
Grave.” NYMPHOMANIAC (Zentropa Entertainments 2013); I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE
(Deja Vu 1978).
In the CCO’s report, he stated he searched the internet for “Nymphomaniac”
and “I Spit on Your Grave” and attached summaries he found describing the films
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as depicting a promiscuous life and lengthy rape scene respectively. He also
stated he collected the screenshots from a website that had short clips of every
time nudity was displayed in one of the television shows Schweizer searched for.
The CCO also included quotations from Schweizer’s ISP, which included
conditions that Schweizer would not watch smart televisions by himself and would
not use Internet connected devices for viewing entertainment after 10 p.m. and
before 6 a.m.
Schweizer denied the violations. Schweizer argued the Internet condition
was unconstitutionally vague and overbroad. Schweizer also challenged the
sexually explicit materials condition as vague and overbroad. At the revocation
hearing, Schweizer argued the court should not consider the Internet searches as
they were hearsay. Schweizer also argued there was no evidence presented he
was at his mother’s residence alone. He argued that “[s]ome of the things they
pulled off the—of his computer—and actually, . . . mentioned this too, to CCO
Knight. It was from prior violations. It wasn’t current.”
The State moved to admit as evidence a version of the DOC report that
contained unredacted images from CCO Knight’s search. Schweizer did not
object. Schweizer moved to admit exhibit 2, which was a letter from Schweizer’s
treatment provider, Matthew Platte.
The court did not find Schweizer violated his community custody conditions
by being alone at his mother’s residence, pointing to a lack of evidence that he had
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been there alone. The court did find the other four violations were supported, and
revoked Schweizer’s SSOSA.
Schweizer appeals.
II
“A SSOSA sentence may be revoked at any time if there is sufficient proof
to reasonably satisfy the court that the offender has violated a condition of the
suspended sentence or failed to make satisfactory progress in treatment.” State
v. McCormick, 166 Wn.2d 689, 705, 213 P.3d 32 (2009); RCW 9.94A.670(11).
“Revocation of a suspended sentence due to violations rests within the discretion
of the trial court and will not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion.” Id. at
705-06. “An abuse of discretion occurs only when the decision of the court is
‘manifestly unreasonable, or exercised on untenable grounds, or for untenable
reasons.’ ” Id. at 706 (quoting State ex rel. Carroll v. Junker, 79 Wn.2d 12, 26, 482
P.2d 775 (1971)). “A trial court does not abuse its discretion in revoking a
suspended sentence where the offender’s violation of a condition ‘presented a risk
to the safety or welfare of society.’ ” State v. Smith, 34 Wn. App. 2d 925, 946, 572
P.3d 469 (2025) (quoting McCormick, 166 Wn.2d at 706).
A
Schweizer argues the sentencing court erred by denying him his right to
confront witnesses against him by failing to conduct the requisite good cause
analysis for admitting hearsay in revocation proceedings. We conclude that
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Schweizer failed to raise this objection in the trial court and cannot raise it for the
first time in this court under RAP 2.5(a)(3).1
“When confronted with revocation of a qualified or conditional liberty, the
United States Supreme Court has indicated that limited Fourteenth Amendment
due process guaranties apply.” State v. Bao Dinh Dang, 178 Wn.2d 868, 883, 312
P.3d 30 (2013) (citing Morrissey v. Brewer, 408 U.S. 471, 482, 92 S. Ct. 2593, 33
L. Ed. 2d 484 (1972)). An offender’s rights at a revocation hearing include the right
to confront and cross-examine witnesses unless there is articulable good cause
for disallowing confrontation. Id. A sentencing court’s revocation of a SSOSA
implicates “a conditional liberty dependent on the observance of special terms and
conditions.” Id.
“The minimal due process right to confront and cross-examine witnesses is
not absolute.” State v. Dahl, 139 Wn.2d 678, 686, 990 P.2d 396 (1999). While the
rules of evidence do not apply in SSOSA revocation hearings, ER 1101(c)(3);
RCW 9.94A.030(5), “hearsay evidence should be considered only if there is good
cause to forgo live testimony.” Dahl, 139 Wn.2d at 686. “Good cause is defined
in terms of ‘difficulty and expense of procuring witnesses in combination with
demonstrably reliable or clearly reliable evidence.’ ” Id. (internal quotation marks
omitted) (quoting State v. Nelson, 103 Wn.2d 760, 765, 697 P.2d 579 (1985)).
1 The State argues Schweizer invited this error. However, where Schweizer
objected to the court’s consideration of the Internet searches as a foundation to
support a violation, the State does not show how Schweizer affirmatively assented
to their admission. See State v. Tatum, 23 Wn. App. 2d 123, 128-29, 514 P.3d
763 (2022) (“We distinguish between a mere failure to object to an error and the
sort of action that affirmatively assents to it; only the latter invites error.”).
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Hearsay is “a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at
the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted.”
ER 801.
While Schweizer objected to the evidentiary nature of the Internet searches,
he does not show he objected to any of the hearsay evidence on due process
grounds, confrontation, or the requirement of finding good cause. He recognizes
he did not object to the introduction of the treatment provider’s statements. He
acknowledged this evidence when he argued not that it was not properly before
the court, but only that his violation of those rules should not be held against him:
Mr. Schweizer drafted an [ISP] that he reviewed with Mr. Platte, his
treatment provider and was provided to his CCO. These are not
conditions of his community custody contained in Amended
Appendix 4.2 and any violation of his self-imposed [ISP] should not
be used as a violation of his community custody.
Schweizer failed to object on the grounds he now asserts on appeal.
Because he failed to object on due process grounds, Schweizer must show
his due process challenge to the court’s admission of the searches and treatment
provider’s statements meets the manifest constitutional error standard. RAP 2.5(a)
states that “[t]he appellate court may refuse to review any claim of error which was
not raised in the trial court.” This court may review issues raised for the first time
on appeal that propose a “manifest error affecting a constitutional right,” which
requires actual prejudice, meaning the appellant must plausibly show that the
asserted error had practical and identifiable consequences. RAP 2.5(a)(3); State
v. Kalebaugh, 183 Wn.2d 578, 584, 355 P.3d 253 (2015). “[T]he focus of the actual
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prejudice must be on whether the error is so obvious on the record that the error
warrants appellate review.” State v. O’Hara, 167 Wn.2d 91, 99-100, 217 P.3d 756
(2009).
Schweizer asserts admitting the Internet search evidence affected his due
process rights, but he does not show this error was manifest. The images in the
report from the show “Sex Life” as well as the images of the search history establish
that the descriptions of three films were not the central evidence of sexually explicit
material found in Schweizer’s possession. SEX LIFE: SEASON ONE (Netflix 2021).
In addition, even though the CCO’s written report describing the agreed treatment
rules was hearsay, Schweizer did not object to that level of hearsay in the trial
court and does not object to it in this court.2 Further, had Schweizer objected on
confrontation grounds, it is clear CCO Knight, who was present in court, could have
2 In his motion for reconsideration, Schweizer argues again that the trial
court “erred when it considered statements in his CCO’s report that were
purportedly from his treatment provider.” And he argues that this court overlooked
one of his arguments, claiming we are wrong to say he has never objected to the
level of hearsay of the CCO’s written report, pointing to his Brief of Appellant at
pages 12-13, 21-25, and 28. Schweizer is wrong. In the cited pages of his Brief
of Appellant, Schweizer objects to treatment provider Platte’s out-of-court
statements, arguing that the report claims that Platte gave the CCO copies of the
treatment plan and ISP, but that “Mr. Platte did not testify at the revocation
hearing.” Later, Schweizer argues again that “Mr. Platte did not testify at the
revocation hearing” and that “[t]he State failed to establish how Mr. Platte’s
statements fell within any exception to the general rule against hearsay.” But at
no time has Schweizer complained about the court’s reliance on CCO Knight’s out-
of-court statements in CCO Knight’s report, and none of the sections of
Schweizer’s briefing referenced in his motion for reconsideration do so. And
Schweizer did not object to the specific portions of CCO Knight’s report where
Knight asserted what he understood were the terms of the treatment plan based
upon Schweizer and him signing it together. Schweizer failed in the trial court to
object on due process grounds, and his neglect to address each level of hearsay
at issue only reinforces his failure to show manifest error affecting a constitutional
right.
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attested to his statements in his report. Schweizer does not show actual prejudice,
and as a result, no manifest error occurred at the revocation hearing.
B
Schweizer argues he never received notice that an e-mail he sent would be
used as a basis for finding any of the alleged violations met or as a basis for
revoking his SSOSA. We disagree.
Minimal due process afforded defendants in revocation hearings includes
“written notice of the claimed violations.” Dahl, 139 Wn.2d at 683. “[P]roper notice
must set forth all alleged parole violations so that a defendant has the opportunity
to marshal the facts in [their] defense.” Id. at 684. “Due process requires that the
State inform the offender of the specific violations alleged and the facts that the
State will rely on to prove those violations.” Id. at 685.
Here, the State’s petition for revocation identified two relevant bases for the
violations: failure to seek approval from the CCO for Internet access and failure to
abide by the ISP as recommended by the treatment provider and his community
custody conditions requiring him to participate and make progress in treatment. In
discussing these violations in the context of Schweizer’s e-mail, CCO Knight stated
in his report that “Mr. Schweizer never indicated that he was going to ‘test’ the
software during [our] meeting [the day before] nor was he given any sort of
permission to do so.”
Schweizer argues the court’s oral ruling shows that it considered an
unknown e-mail as a basis for the violations because it was the only specific piece
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of evidence identified, which it could not do because saying one is not going to
comply does not equate to noncompliance. Schweizer also argues that the e-mail
does not show that Schweizer is not making progress in his treatment. Schweizer
argues consideration of the e-mail for these purposes was a non-statutorily
authorized basis for revocation.
After hearing the parties’ arguments on whether revocation should be
granted, the court stated,
But there is just continual violation. I do think Mr. Schweizer
has had an opportunity, clearly, to engage, but he has also chosen
to violate. I think that, at least to this Court, one of the most
concerning aspects of the current violation, there’s actually this email
that’s sent, saying, I’m going to violate the conditions that have been
put on me. I’m to [sic] going to not follow what DOC has said. So in
Mr. Schweizer’s own words, he is not going to follow any direction
from this Court. Or I should say it differently. There’s clear evidence
he’s not going to follow the conditions. That also is supported by the
fact this is now the third time that we are back, really addressing
similar issues.
So at this point, based on the four proven violations, the
SSOSA would be revoked.
In context, the court revoked Schweizer’s SSOSA because of a pattern of
violations, for which it considered the e-mail Schweizer sent CCO Knight probative
of intent to commit a violation. The court did not rely solely on the e-mail in finding
the violations supported, and the court’s revoking Schweizer’s SSOSA was
statutorily authorized because the court revoked it based on four proven violations.
Schweizer argues the e-mail shows he was only going to test the software,
noting there is no e-mail where he says he will not follow any conditions set by the
DOC and the court. However, Schweizer does not show where his community
custody conditions or ISP permit him to test filtering software by accessing sites
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he knows he is forbidden from visiting without DOC or treatment provider approval.
Where Schweizer had known of his community custody condition requiring DOC
approval for non-employment related Internet access since his plea of guilty and
has committed this violation before, it was not untenable for the sentencing court
to consider the e-mail as probative of a violation of that condition.
III
Schweizer argues the court erred in revoking his SSOSA by basing it on
violations of unconstitutional community custody conditions.
Courts review community custody conditions for abuse of discretion. State
v. Johnson, 197 Wn.2d 740, 744, 487 P.3d 893 (2021). A court abuses its
discretion if the discretion is exercised on untenable grounds or for untenable
reasons. Id. “It is manifestly unreasonable to impose an unconstitutional condition
of community custody.” Id. However, limitations on fundamental rights are
permissible if they are sensitively imposed. Id.
A
The State argues Schweizer invited error. Excluding the condition
prohibiting viewing or possessing sexually explicit material, which we conclude is
not overbroad, we agree with the State.
“The invited error doctrine ‘precludes a criminal defendant from seeking
appellate review of an error [they] helped create, even when the alleged error
involves constitutional rights.’ ” State v. Tatum, 23 Wn. App. 2d 123, 128, 514 P.3d
763 (2022) (alteration in original) (quoting State v. Carson, 179 Wn. App. 961, 973,
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320 P.3d 185 (2014), aff’d, 184 Wn.2d 207, 357 P.3d 1064 (2015)). An error is
invited when it is the product of an affirmative, knowing, and voluntary act. Id. “We
distinguish between a mere failure to object to an error and the sort of action that
affirmatively assents to it; only the latter invites error.” Id. at 128-29. It is the
State’s burden to prove the error was invited. Id. at 129. “[T]he invited error
doctrine may preclude a defendant who received a SSOSA from challenging
conditions of that sentence.” Smith, 34 Wn. App. 2d 940.
In Smith, this court concluded the defendant invited error when he received
as a benefit a “ ‘high value’ SSOSA” but did not object or challenge “any of his
sentencing conditions at his original sentencing hearing, on direct appeal from his
judgment and sentence, or at multiple subsequent review hearings.” Id. at 943.
The court highlighted the sentencing court’s acknowledgement of the defendant’s
request for the conditions and its recognition that the defendant’s psychosexual
evaluation report required the conditions. Id.
Smith is analogous. Here, based upon his sexually assaulting his
daughters, Schweizer’s psychosexual report proposed terms of community
custody that suggested restrictions on his Internet usage to prevent his looking at
“inappropriate/deviant materials,” and suggested Schweizer be restricted from
chat rooms. It also reported an incident where Schweizer used a fake name in a
plan to sexually assault a classmate while he was in high school.
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To that end, Schweizer did not dispute conditions 23 and 26, restrictions on
Internet access and computer possession, for being overbroad at his sentencing
hearing, conceding a nexus between his Internet usage and pornography
addiction. He initially agreed to these conditions at his sentencing hearing and did
not object at either of his review hearings or his first revocation hearing to these
conditions. Nor did he object to conditions 24 and 25, prohibiting him from using
computer chat rooms or a false identity on the computer, until his third revocation
hearing. At his second revocation hearing, Schweizer’s counsel noted there was
agreement on conditions in proposed amended appendix 4.2 and did not challenge
these conditions then. Schweizer has invited error regarding these conditions.
B
Schweizer argues community custody condition 21 preventing him from
viewing or possessing sexually explicit material is unconstitutionally overbroad.
This court addressed a nearly identical condition in State v. J.H.-M., 28 Wn.
App. 2d 757, 760, 538 P.3d 644 (2023), aff’d, 4 Wn.3d 648, 566 P.3d 847 (2025).
There, the defendant was adjudicated guilty of rape in the second degree, and the
court imposed a SSOSA with a community custody condition prohibiting the
possession or viewing of sexually explicit materials. Id. at 759. This court
concluded limiting access to sexually explicit materials, “whether the materials
depict acts involving children or adults, is related to the goal of rehabilitation.” Id.
at 765. It noted that “ ‘[i]t is both logical and reasonable to conclude that a
convicted person who cannot suppress sexual urges should be prohibited from
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accessing sexually explicit materials, the only purpose of which is to invoke sexual
stimulation.’ ” Id. (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting State v. Nyugen, 191
Wn.2d 671, 686, 425 P.3d 847 (2018)).
Here, where Schweizer pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his daughters,
the condition prohibiting him from possessing or viewing sexually explicit material
is reasonably related to his offense, sensitively imposed, and designed to further
his rehabilitation.
C
Schweizer argues the State did not prove by a preponderance of the
evidence that he viewed sexually explicit material and accessed the Internet
without treatment provider approval. We disagree.
“A SSOSA sentence may be revoked at any time if there is sufficient proof
to reasonably satisfy the court that the offender has violated a condition of the
suspended sentence or failed to make satisfactory progress in treatment.”
McCormick, 166 Wn.2d at 705. “Proof of violations need not be established
beyond a reasonable doubt but only must ‘reasonably satisfy’ the court the breach
of condition occurred.” State v. Badger, 64 Wn. App. 904, 908, 827 P.2d 318
(1992) (quoting State v. Kuhn¸ 81 Wn.2d 648, 650, 503 P.2d 1061 (1972)).
Here, the State presented sufficient proof to reasonably satisfy the court the
violations had occurred. CCO Knight’s report included excerpts from Schweizer’s
treatment plan outlining that he would not view or possess sexually explicit
material. His treatment provider’s letter stated, “While Mr. Schweizer does appear
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to have violated the terms of his community supervision, treatment rules and the
[ISP], I do not believe the violations to be significant and directly offense related.”
Based upon the CCO’s report and treatment provider’s letter, there was sufficient
evidence to conclude Schweizer did not have permission to view the show or the
folder, both containing sexually explicit material.
IV
Schweizer filed a statement of additional grounds, arguing the State violated
evidentiary rules around its exhibit 1, the court denied him the opportunity to testify,
the DOC did not have a reasonable basis to search his property, and the DOC
violated due process. We disagree.
A
Schweizer argues the court erred in admitting State’s exhibit 1 because he
did not get a chance to review the unredacted images, which would help him
determine whether the State had taken sexually explicit images from old Internet
search history, the images may have been sent in response to a Public Records
Act, ch. 42.56 RCW, request, or his treatment provider may have approved of him
viewing them. A defendant has a due process right to receive disclosure of
evidence against them. Dahl, 139 Wn.2d at 683. However, Schweizer does not
argue the State did not disclose evidence against him; rather, he argues the
evidence against him does not support the State’s claimed bases for violation or it
can be refuted. The State clearly explained the nature of the exhibit and the reason
the State admitted the unredacted version—to limit public display of sexually
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explicit materials. Schweizer does not show at the revocation hearing that he
argued for exclusion of the State’s exhibit 1 for those purposes and fails to show a
due process violation.
Schweizer argues the State withheld relevant evidence by truncating a
quotation about R-rated movies, failed to include timestamps of the search
histories for viewing videos on his iPhone, and did not review the laptop in its
possession to see whether “Sex Life: Season One” had been watched. He offers
these as rationales for why he was prejudiced by the court’s not doing a good
cause analysis. He neither objected to these deficiencies nor cites to any legal
authority suggesting that the State had an obligation to present its evidence of the
violations in a particular way. To the extent he alleges the State took evidence out
of context, he was heard in response at the hearing and never made such an
argument.
None of the alleged errors Schweizer argues the court made in admitting
evidence were objected to at the hearing and Schweizer fails to show any practical
or identifiable consequences to support manifest constitutional error under RAP
2.5(a)(3).
B
Schweizer argues the court erred in denying him allocution until after finding
the violations were met. “Though there is a limited procedural due process right
to allocution, there is no separate federal or state constitutional right to allocution.”
State v. Canfield, 154 Wn.2d 698, 707, 116 P.3d 391 (2005). Although “[d]ue
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process requires that a defendant be given an opportunity to be heard in person
at a revocation hearing,” a defendant must assert their right of allocution in order
to preserve it for error. Id. Because Schweizer did not assert his right of allocution
before the violations were found met, he has waived these challenges.
C
Schweizer argues the CCO did not have a reasonable suspicion to search
his property based upon a notification from Accountable2You that Schweizer had
viewed sexually explicit materials at 2:45 a.m. “[I]t is constitutionally permissible
for a CCO to search an individual based only on a ‘well-founded or reasonable
suspicion of a probation violation,’ rather than a warrant supported by probable
cause.” State v. Cornwell, 190 Wn.2d 296, 302, 412 P.3d 1265 (2018) (quoting
State v. Winterstein, 167 Wn.2d 620, 628, 220 P.3d 1226 (2009)). A search is
reasonable if “an officer has a well-founded suspicion that a violation has
occurred.” State v. Massey, 81 Wn. App. 198, 200, 913 P.2d 424 (1996).
Here, the e-mail alerts provided a well-founded suspicion that Schweizer
violated his community custody conditions. His conditions prohibited him from
viewing sexually explicit material, and the e-mail alert sent to CCO Knight showed
Schweizer watching “Sex Life: Season One.”
D
Schweizer argues that the CCO and the DOC did not perform a preliminary
fact-finding investigation and hearing nor afford Schweizer the chance to explain
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himself prior to their arresting him and that the CCOs were not neutral in their
investigation of him.
Schweizer does not show his due process rights were violated. He cites
Morrissey, 408 U.S. at 485, for the proposition that the CCOs were required to
conduct a preliminary hearing before his revocation hearing. However, Morrissey
makes clear that someone other than the arresting CCO makes findings that the
defendant violated their community custody conditions at a hearing after arrest.
Id. In accord, the court determined that Schweizer committed the violations. The
record reflects Schweizer had a revocation hearing by an independent judicial
officer where Schweizer could put on evidence and be heard.
Schweizer argues his CCOs were biased against him in investigating his
violation. Schweizer alleges CCO Knight did not contact his treatment provider
before searching him or arresting him, CCO Knight did not review evidence with
him, and CCO Knight and CCO Stoose searched his spare phone without a nexus
to the suspected violations. However, none of these actions show bias where the
CCOs had a reasonable suspicion from the e-mail alerts to suspect Schweizer
might have violated his community custody conditions.
Schweizer argues the cumulative error doctrine should apply to SSOSA
revocation hearings, and he argues these errors support dismissing the State’s
petition for SSOSA revocation as opposed to remanding it for correction. However,
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because Schweizer has shown no error the sentencing court made, and because
we affirm, we do not reach these issues.
Affirmed.
WE CONCUR:
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