Personal Restraint Petition Of Martin Pang

¶1 Following Martin Pang’s 1998 convictions for four counts of manslaughter, the court imposed a sentence that included discretionary legal financial obligations (LFOs). In 2015, Pang filed a motion in superior court for an “individualized inquiry” into his ability to pay his discretionary LFOs. Citing RCW 10.01.160(3) and State v. Blazina, Pang argued that he never received the requisite inquiry into his ability to pay and that the court should perform that inquiry and waive his discretionary financial obligations. The court ruled the motion was untimely and transferred it to this court…