IN RE SINKA

No. 46016.

92 Wn.2d 555 (1979)

599 P.2d 1275

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of DENNIS SINKA, Petitioner. In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of JODY JOHN ROWE, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

September 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne Lieb, Sally Harrison, and Robert Adelman of Institutional Legal Services, for petitioners.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Nate D. Mannakee, Assistant, for respondent.

David F. Stobaugh and Stephen Strong on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, amici curiae.


BRACHTENBACH, J.

Two prison inmates, Sinka and Rowe, by personal restraint petitions present the issue whether they are entitled to procedural due process in the setting of their minimum prison terms by the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles (Parole Board). We hold that petitioners are entitled to minimal due process and that the procedures used by the Parole Board to set minimum terms generally provide the process due.

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