State v. Hickok

— Kevin Charles Hickok appeals the Superior Court judgment finding him guilty of willful failure to return to a work release facility in violation of RCW 72.65-.070. He challenges the use in such prosecution of his prior conviction based upon a guilty plea whose constitutional validity was not determined before the nonjury trial. We affirm.

The defendant was placed on probation after pleading guilty to first degree theft in 1979. When his probation was subsequently revoked, he was placed in the Madison Inn Work Release Facility where on March 17, 1983 he was given a temporary pass to apply for…