In re the Personal Restraint of Ruiz-Sanabria

¶1 — Hundreds of Washington prison inmates annually file personal restraint petitions and other forms of collateral challenge to their judgment and sentences. The large majority of these petitioners are unrepresented by counsel, and for many of them, a timely post-conviction motion or personal restraint petition is their last opportunity to seek relief from a final judgment and sentence. See RCW 7.36.130(1) (no court or judge shall inquire into the legality of any judgment or process whereby the party is in custody unless a petition is filed within the time allowed by RCW 10.73.090 and…