IN RE METCALF

No. 38546-1-I.

963 P.2d 911 (1998)

In re the Personal Restraint Petition of Tommy H. METCALF, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

August 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Dixon, Nielsen Broman & Assoc. Pllc, Kathryn A. Russell, Seattle, for Petitioner.

Tommy H. Metcalf, pro se.

John S. Blonien, Asst. Atty. Gen., Asst. Atty. Gen.—Corr. Div., Mary E. Fairhurst, Douglas W. Carr, Asst. Attys. Gen., Colleen B. Evans, Olympia, for Respondent.


ELLINGTON, Judge.

When inmates in Washington state prisons receive money, certain statutes require the Department of Corrections to make deductions for costs of incarceration, the crime victim's compensation fund, and a savings account. These provisions were not in place when Tommy H. Metcalf was imprisoned in 1990, and he filed this personal restraint petition challenging the provisions on numerous federal and state constitutional...

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