In Re the Personal Restraint of Keene

Rosellini, J. —

This personal restraint petition is based upon a contention that the petitioner's plea of guilty was invalid because he did not understand the nature of the crime of forgery and the consequences of the plea.

Keene, a high school dropout, pleaded guilty to three counts of forgery. He had signed a typewritten statement prepared by his attorney and required by CrR 4.2(g).

In that statement the petitioner acknowledged that: the court had told him he was charged with three counts of forgery, the maximum sentence for each count being 5 years' imprisonment, or a $5,000 fine, or both;…