State v. Martinez-Leon

¶1 — Ricardo Martinez-Leon appeals the trial court’s denial of his CrR 7.8 motion for relief from judgment or to withdraw his guilty plea. He asserts that the trial court erred by finding that his CrR 7.8 motion was time barred because the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 130 S. Ct. 1473, 176 L. Ed. 2d 284 (2010) represented a significant change in the law under RCW 10.73.100(6), permitting him to collaterally attack his conviction beyond the one-year time limit set forth under RCW 10.73.090. Alternatively, Martinez-Leon asserts that the trial court…