Legal Opinion
In Re the Personal Restraint of George
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 25, 1978No. 45171PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRosellini, J.
The petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder in 1964 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He escaped from a minimum security building at the state penitentiary in 1976. RCW 9.95.115 provides a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years, less earned good time credit, for persons sentenced to life imprisonment. With good time credit, the petitioner would have been eligible for parole within a year and a half had he not escaped. He was recaptured in Idaho a few days after his escape and was returned to custody of the Department of Social and Health Services a month later. After his return…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Anderson v. CorallSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Robert Briscoe v. Stanley T. Kusper, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- State v. LeeWashington Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Noel v. ColeWashington Supreme Court · 1982
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