MATTER OF PERSONAL RESTRAINT OF HOLMES

No. 58995-0.

121 Wn.2d 327 (1993)

849 P.2d 1221

In the Matter of the Personal Restraint of JAMES LEROY HOLMES, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

April 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Leroy Holmes, pro se, and Lorraine Lee of Washington Appellate Defender Association, for petitioner.

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and Thornton Wilson, Assistant, for respondent.


BRACHTENBACH, J.

At issue is whether the personal restraint petitioner has established good cause for not having raised at an earlier time the issues raised in his second personal restraint petition, as required by RCW 10.73.140. The Court of Appeals dismissed the petition on the ground that petitioner has failed to make the good cause showing. We affirm.

In 1984, petitioner was paroled from his Washington sentence for two negligent homicide convictions. He...

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