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- Title: In re Personal Restraint of Robert Patrick Powell
- Author : 57196-1, 57253-4 Supreme Court of Washington Nos. 57041-8
- Release Date : January 01, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 87 KB
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[117 Wash2d Page 179] Petitioners challenge the constitutionality of Substitute House Bill 1457, 51st Legislature (1989) (SHB 1457). Laws of 1989,
ch. 259; RCW 9.95.009, .013, .115, .116. This statute requires that a minimum sentence which roughly conforms to Sentencing
Reform Act of 1981 (SRA) criteria be set for inmates who, like petitioners, are serving mandatory life sentences for crimes
committed before July 1, 1984. The main thrust of petitioners' challenge is that SHB 1457 extends the time to be served before
a life inmate is eligible for parole beyond that called for by prior law and therefore violates the ex post facto clauses
of the federal and state constitutions. They therefore seek to have SHB 1457 declared void so that the law in effect when
they committed their crimes can be applied to determine their parole release date. Petitioners also make an equal protection
challenge and a number of due process challenges.