IN RE HUNTER

No. 52639-7.

106 Wn.2d 493 (1986)

723 P.2d 431

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of SAMUEL HUNTER, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Culp, Dwyer, Guterson & Grader, by Murray B. Guterson, and Wolfe & Cullen, by James E. Lobsenz, for petitioner.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Steven L. Abel and Aaron K. Owada, Assistants, for respondent.

Patricia J. Arthur on behalf of Evergreen Legal Services, amicus curiae for petitioner.


ANDERSEN, J.

At issue in this case is whether the Board of Prison Terms and Paroles (parole board) erred in imposing a 5-year mandatory minimum sentence, pursuant to this state's deadly weapon statute,1 for a crime committed prior to July 1, 1984. Petitioner Samuel Hunter claims that his sentence impermissibly conflicts with the provisions of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (SRA)2 and the principles we recently...

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