In Re the Personal Restraint of Akridge

This action involves personal restraint petitions by three penitentiary inmates. Because the petitions raised first impression issues, this court heard the petitions rather than transferring to the Court of Appeals, which is the usual practice. RAP 16.5(b).

Petitioners had been convicted of felonies, served time and were paroled. While on parole each was convicted of one or more felonies. The Board of Prison Terms and Paroles (board), without a revocation hearing, revoked parole, set minimum terms for the parole violations, set the starting date for the subsequent conviction to be after the…