McRae v. State

This is a petition for post-conviction relief filed under CrR 7.7 by Michael R. McRae in the Court of Appeals, Division Two, the cause then being certified to this court. The issue raised is whether the doctrine of Dillenburg v. Maxwell, 70 Wn.2d 331, 413 P.2d 940 (1966) should be applied retroactively.

McRae, then approximately 16 years of age, was committed to the State Youth Authority by the Superior Court in King County on November 27,1964, on charges of car theft, drinking, and hit and run driving. On February 11, 1965, he and two other escapees from the Cedar Creek Forest Camp were…