Legal Opinion
In Re the Personal Restraint of Ayers
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 23, 1986No. 51181-1, 51601-4PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrachtenbach, J.
A personal restraint petition was brought on behalf of five prisoners. All, with one exception, are confined beyond their original minimum terms as set by the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles. A separate petition by Lover was consolidated. All petitioners allege that they are mentally ill and/or developmentally disabled. They assert violations of due process, equal protection and state statutes.
Petitioners' crimes were committed prior to July 1, 1984, and, therefore, they come within the indeterminate sentencing scheme of RCW 9.95, rather than the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981, RCW 9.94A,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Meachum v. FanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Moody v. DaggettSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Montanye v. HaymesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Matter of Personal Restraint of CashawWashington Supreme Court · 1994
- In the Matter of Personal Restraint of PowellWashington Supreme Court · 2004
- State v. KingWashington Supreme Court · 1996
- In re the Personal Restraint of StanphillWashington Supreme Court · 1998
- Matter of StanphillWashington Supreme Court · 1998
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