In re Pers. Restraint of Finstad

FILE···. . IN CLERKS OPFICI IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON In the Matter of the Personal ) Restraint of ) No. 86018-1 ) LOWELL DERAY FINSTAD, ) EnBanc ) Petitioner. ) Filed MAY 2 8 2013 GONZALEZ, J .-This case squarely asks whether petitioners collaterally challenging judgments and sentences based on a failure to follow statutory sentencing procedures must show that they were prejudiced by the claimed error. In 2007, Lowell Deray Finstad faced at least seven felony charges. After he was convicted by a jury on two of the charges, he and the State negotiated a global plea…