In re the Personal Restraint Well

— Petitioner claims his 1980 plea of not guilty by reason of insanity to a first degree assault charge was not knowingly and voluntarily made. Petitioner asks this court to reverse his criminal commitment and order a retrial on the 1980 charges. The State contends the relief requested is procedurally barred by RCW 10.73.090, which imposes a one-year time limit on collateral attacks. We agree with the State and dismiss the Personal Restraint Petition.

In 1980, Well, a paranoid schizophrenic, broke into his landlady’s apartment and stabbed her with a knife. According to a psychiatrist who spoke…