Dress v. Department of Corrections

¶1 — The Department of Corrections (DOC) is not authorized to either correct or ignore a final judgment and sentence that may be erroneous.1 It may petition the court of appeals for review of an alleged error of law in a judgment and sentence within 90 days of having knowledge of the terms of such a sentence.2

¶2 Here, DOC never petitioned for review of what it characterizes as an error of law in the final judgment and sentence of Christina Dress. It then refused to release her from confinement when the final judgment and sentence, with credit for time served, required. The Snohomish County…