In re the Personal Restraint of Dyer
Washington Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
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C. Johnson, J.
— This case requires the court to determine whether the Indeterminate Sentence Review Board (ISRB) abused its discretion when it determined that Richard J. Dyer was not parolable. The ISRB has broad discretion in making parolability decisions, but this discretion does not enable the ISRB to disregard the evidence presented at the hearing and base a decision on speculation and conjecture unsupported by evidence in the record. We hold the ISRB abused its discretion in determining that Dyer was not parolable and therefore do not reach Dyer’s claims that the ISRB violated his…
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