In Re the Personal Restraint of Schellong

Petitioner, a juvenile, filed in the Court of Appeals a personal restraint petition. It was certified to this court. We deny the petition.

In 1978, petitioner violated his parole from previous convictions by leaving a group home. The State charged that during the following 6-week period while he was sought by police, he committed 10 offenses of burglary and theft. The locations of the 10 offenses were distributed in a random fashion between Cowlitz and Wahkiakum counties.

Petitioner entered in Cowlitz County a plea of guilty to four charges of second degree burglary and one charge of taking a…