IN RE POWELL

No. 45891.

92 Wn.2d 882 (1979)

602 P.2d 711

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of JENNIFER POWELL, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 15, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Adelman of Institutional Legal Services, for petitioner.

Jeffrey C. Sullivan, Prosecuting Attorney, and Catherine Lee Campbell, Deputy, for respondent.


WILLIAMS, J.

Petitioner Powell has brought a personal restraint petition challenging the legality of her detention based on a conviction for possession of a controlled substance. She also seeks to have her probation arising from a previous conviction for forgery reinstated. We find petitioner's conviction on the drug possession charge to be unconstitutional, and we therefore grant the petition in that cause. However, it is...

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