IN RE JAMES

No. 47286-6.

96 Wn.2d 847 (1982)

640 P.2d 18

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of FREDDIE LEE JAMES, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

January 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Adelman of Institutional Legal Services, for petitioner.

Jeffrey C. Sullivan, Prosecuting Attorney, and David W. Waterbury, Deputy, for respondent.


PER CURIAM:

This personal restraint petition questions the authority of the State to renege on a plea bargain when the defendant, after pleading guilty pursuant to that bargain, allegedly commits additional misdemeanors. We hold that absent proof of misconduct, all plea bargains must be enforced.

Petitioner Freddie Lee James was charged with first degree robbery. His crime involved approximately one dollar and he is, as he was then, mentally...

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