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IN THE MATTER OF PERSONAL RESTRAINT OF POWELL

Nos. 57041-8, 57196-1, 57253-4.

117 Wn.2d 175 (1991)

814 P.2d 635

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of ROBERT PATRICK POWELL, Petitioner. In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of DOUGLAS THOMPSON, ET AL, Petitioners. In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of ROBERT NEIL HALSTIEN, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

August 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Neil Halstien, pro se; John B. Midgley and Patricia J. Arthur of Evergreen Legal Services, for petitioners.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Thornton Wilson and Nicholas J. Betsacon, Assistants, for respondent.

BRACHTENBACH, J.

Petitioners challenge the constitutionality of Substitute House Bill 1457, 51st Legislature (1989) (SHB 1457). Laws of 1989, ch. 259; RCW 9.95.009, .013, .115, .116. This statute requires that a minimum sentence which roughly conforms to Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 (SRA) criteria be set for inmates who, like petitioners, are serving mandatory life sentences for crimes committed before July 1, 1984. The main thrust of petitioners' challenge is that...

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