In re Pers. Restraint of Yates

Fl LE Thi~_opinlon was flied for record at' ;.· a . ~ 2.0\L\. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of ) No. 87518-9 ) ROBERT LEE YATES, JR., ) ) En Bane Petitioner. ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _) Filed MAR 2 0 2014 OWENS, J. -- Thirteen years ago, Robert Lee Yates Jr. agreed to plead guilty to 13 counts of aggravated first degree murder and 1 count of attempted first degree murder in exchange for a 408-year prison sentence. Yates now seeks to withdraw those guilty pleas, claiming that he should technically have been sentenced to 408 years with a…