IN RE KEENE

No. 46197.

95 Wn.2d 203 (1980)

622 P.2d 360

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of FRANKLIN KEENE, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

As amended by order April 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne Lieb of Institutional Legal Services, for petitioner.

Joseph Panattoni, Prosecuting Attorney, and David H. Gorrie, Deputy, for respondent.


[As amended by order of the Supreme Court April 22, 1981.]

ROSELLINI, J.

This personal restraint petition is based upon a contention that the petitioner's plea of guilty was invalid because he did not understand the nature of the crime of forgery and the consequences of the plea.

Keene, a high school dropout, pleaded guilty to three counts of forgery. He had signed a typewritten statement prepared by his attorney and required by CrR 4.2(g).

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